IN MY OPINION: Governor candidates should get over ‘rigged’ election myth and talk about jobs crisis

Remember back when jobs, jobs, jobs was the dominant issue in the race for governor of Wisconsin?

My friend Tom Hefty and I met in 2010 with several Republican big wigs who were planning Scott Walker’s campaign for his first term as governor. They had decided to run on job creation as Walker’s central issue because unemployment was high at 7.9%. To win a headline, I suggested that he needed specificity. “How about a pledge to create 250,000 jobs in his first term?” I asked.