Scott Walker for president? 
 
 Asked whether he was considering a run for president in 2016 Sunday, the Republican governor from Wisconsin said he believed “governors make much better presidents than members of Congress.” 
 
 Governors offer a “fresh approach,” with “executive experience from outside of Washington to provide a much better alternative to the old, tired, top-down approach out of Washington, D.C,” Walker said, adding, “We need something fresh, organic from the bottom up – and that’s what you get in the states.” 
 
 Chuck Todd also asked the governor whether he'd deferred to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), considered to be a possible presidential candidate since his run for vice president in 2012. 
 
 “I love Paul Ryan. I’ve said many times before I’ll be the president of the Paul Ryan fan club, but I do think if we’re going to beat Hillary Clinton in this next election, we’re going to have a message that says Hillary Clinton is all about Washington,” Walker said. 
 
 Responding later, Democratic National Committee spokesman Michael Czin said, “we’re thrilled that Governor Walker thinks Republicans should run for president on the record of GOP governors,” calling that “wing of the GOP…every bit as broken and dysfunctional as the congressional wing of the party.” 
 
 Under Walker, Wisconsin “lags the country in job growth,” Czin said. And pointing to other GOP governors, he added, “Chris Christie’s policies have led to a record number of credit downgrades, and nearly one in five live in poverty in Rick Perry’s Texas.” 
 
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 “They're still talking about long-term training before they're ready to fight,” the California Republican said an ABC’s “This Week.” 
 
 
 
 Issa said he was ready to vote to authorize the U.S. military campaign against ISIL — something President Barack Obama has requested. “The fact is we're already there,” Issa said. “We've had to be there.” 
 
 
 
 Issa also said Iraqis — not Americans — should be the ones engaging in ground combat against ISIL. The Kurds were up to the challenge, he said. 
 
 
 
 “I have no doubt whatsoever that the Kurds will fight,” he said. “All they need is our air support and our technical know-how, and they will do it.” 
 
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– For the special few among us who were breathlessly awaiting the 2014 election so that we could get down to seriously speculating about the presidential election that is now two years away, well, Scott Walker has you covered. The newly re-elected Wisconsin governor is seriously flirting with a run for the White House, and he's not shy about it, reports Politico. Asked whether he'd bow out if fellow Wisconsinite Paul Ryan sought the Oval Office, Walker responded that "governors make much better presidents than members of Congress. I love Paul Ryan. I’ve said many times before I’ll be the president of the Paul Ryan fan club, but I do think if we’re going to beat Hillary Clinton in this next election, we’re going to have a message that says Hillary Clinton is all about Washington." Walker said governors combine "executive experience from outside of Washington" with a "fresh approach," concluding "we need something fresh, organic from the bottom up—and that’s what you get in the states." More from today's Sunday dial: Darrell Issa on ISIS and Iraq: Baghdad is "still quite delusional" in its lackadaisical approach to fighting ISIS. "They're still talking about long-term training before they're ready to fight." Cory Gardner, Republican senator-elect in Colorado: "The mandate was this: People don’t like dysfunction, they don’t like gridlock." The new GOP majority in the Senate, he says, will need to govern with "competence" and "maturity." Meanwhile, former President George W. Bush is handicapping brother Jeb's chances of deciding to make a 2016 run.