Calling Card: Budget cuts.
Factions: CL (budget/economy); Reactionary (all others)
Prospects: Long live the Spirit of 2010! Scott sees a Tea Party revival as the source of his success. In his view, the anger felt by Reactionaries will be manifested in strong opposition to government spending. He’s really the only prospective candidate who cares passionately about the deficit, so he would be the natural beneficiary of the groundswell.
Prediction: Pretender. Do you really think Reactionaries will vote for an ostentatiously charisma-free candidate who looks and acts like a Bond villain because he wants to cut social programs upon which many of them depend? Me, neither.