ATLANTA – It’s been nearly two months since Herschel Walker launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate with a video about his small-town-to-big-life success story and a general sketch of his policy positions on “smaller government, a strong military, personal responsibility and making sure all people have an opportunity to pursue their dreams.”
If Walker were most candidates, that would have been the beginning of what we learned about where he stands on a variety of issues – not the end.
But Walker is not most candidates. Since his announcement in August, he has avoided getting into details on issues and policy. His website is a bare-bones landing page, with a copy of his announcement video and a three-paragraph biography. As for policy positions, there are none.
He’s done just one major speech – nine minutes at Donald Trump’s rally in Perry – where Walker pointed to “law and order,” school choice, border control, and, in a notable departure from the stop-the-steal crowd, wanting “a fair election” as the general planks of his platform.
The reality is that Walker isn’t jumping though the usual campaign hoops because he doesn’t have to.