Scott Walker has no regrets dropping out of presidential race

He said he could better lead by quitting
and hoping others would follow

Not on the presidential nomination ballot in Wisconsin today is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.  

We asked Walker if he wished he’d have stayed in the race for president instead of dropping out back in September.  

No regrets, says Walker, none at all.

“I could have stayed along for a long time and dragged it out like others did,” Walker said. “But I just thought the best way I could lead was to do what we did, and make that call, and hope that others would follow it.”

Walker was the second Republican to drop out of the original field of 17. He had been a poll front-runner for months before then, but poor debate showings dried up support and financial contributions from big donors. 

“The campaign would be much different if more would had done what we did last September,” Walker said.

When Walker left the race, he called on the many of the others in the crowded field to do the same. The idea was to gather support behind nearly anyone besides Donald Trump.

Last week Walker publicly backed Ted Cruz for the Republican nomination. Since he left the race, Walker was more than $1 million in debt. 

“In the end, God has a plan for all of us,” Walker said. “In this case, it was very clearly for me to be reinvigorated to spending more time in effort here in the state.”