Scott Walker's Comms Chief in Trouble for Mocking Iowa

Are you ready for intraparty fights over dumb jokes?

The 2016 election season has already started, but the first official event will go down on January 18th of next year in the form of the Iowa caucuses. It’s the reason why so many politicians who don’t actually live in or represent Iowa visit it so often before presidential campaigns.

Scott Walker, one of the leading contenders for the GOP nomination, made headlines yesterday for hiring strategist Liz Mair (who formerly directed online communications for the Republican National Committee) to lead digital comms for his campaign…and today for attracting scorn from state officials for that very decision.

Why?

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