win obviously. but walker wasn t just endorsed by trump. he was heavily recruited by trump. trump is the one who actually pushed him forward. and they had hoped that if he won, this would stop these calls for new republican leadership, particularly after so many of trump s picks failed in the midterms. and they also hoped that it would breathe some sort of new life and energy into what has really been a lackluster launch of a 2024 campaign. and now they are fearful that it s going to do just the opposite because of this loss, that it s actually going to boost the demand for people to challenge trump in 2024. and their fears are not unfounded. i want to read to you what one person who is close to trump told us. they basically said that trump s losing score card is what has solidified their decision to support someone else. he said, donald s got his problems right now, and they are so numerous that i don t think he can win, and i want to back a winner. there are a lot of friends of mine
backing. something that mattered in the primary. still, walker wasn t taking all that seriously. yes, he had unmatched name recognition and the former president s endorsement, but he didn t exactly have a plan. he was an ex-football player with zero political experience and a dark cloud of controversies already surrounding him. so that might explain why a dime was not spent on any anti-walker ads by any of his opponents for months, which was a mistake as a fan favorite with all that name recognition and donald trump behind him, walker surged in the polls. so by the time superpacks began dropping millions against him, bringing up the allegations of domestic abuse and dodgey business dealings, it was too late. on primary night, he won 70% of the vote and didn t appear in a single debate. also by that time thanks in part
the fact that warnock is a rubberstamp for joe biden. look. this is going to be down to the wire and republicans are cautiously optimistic. this boils down to as we have heard candidate quality. walker wasn t the number one choice but he is the one that we have ien courage voters to support him. i see you in the georgia bulldog colors. yeah. make it about the policies aposed to personal attacks. gabrielle sterling said we may not know who won on election day. let s listen to what he had to say. we are preparing for it being a very tight race. i anticipate we may not know on tuesday night. it really depends because it is up to the voteers.
strategy that he doesn t think he needs to get into the mud on this and that he s hurting walker. in the second debate when walker wasn t there, he thought to bring it up. i think the debate was really good for walker in a few ways. one, he skated on this issue largely that we re discussing, but he also showed up and looked a lot more competent than a lot of people were looking for. now, the bar was low. he has said himself he s not a very smart guy. so a lot of people were looking was he able to get up there sound like he has a basic understanding of the issues we re talking about. he passed that low bar. he also did an effective job in making this an r versus d, blue versus red. painted warnock as a reliable vote for joe biden. a serious person versus an unserious person. that s what walker s problem is. is this person actually fit for office and holding up a badge
the jury about his claim a prosecutor promised him immunity for serving a crime. he is anticipated in 11 murders. he received a life sentence. another trump jump. the donald ahead in the gop pact in the head of two new poles. as his popularity gross the target gets bigger. we have the latest on that. good morning. so far donald trump appears to be enjoying have being a giant s eye on his back. he leads the republican pack with 18 percent. jeb bush behind 15 percent within the poll s margin of error. then scott walker at 10 percent. the polls know trump support jumped 15 percent since june while push and walker wasn t changed much. trump in first place among new