--- title: Watch the Speech That Got People Talking About Scott Walker description: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gave a well-received speech in Iowa, home of the crucial first-in-the-nation caucuses on the road to 2016. canonical: https://time.com/3682811/scott-walker-iowa-freedom-summit/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-26T18:39:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:53:01.042Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Speech That Got People Talking About Scott Walker og:description: A dark horse in 2016? og:url: https://time.com/3682811/scott-walker-iowa-freedom-summit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9831b023e0182918/69877bd00b72e36df46dd569/scott-walker-iowa1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Iowa Freedom Summit Features GOP Presidential Hopefuls og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Speech That Got People Talking About Scott Walker twitter:description: A dark horse in 2016? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9831b023e0182918/69877bd00b72e36df46dd569/scott-walker-iowa1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Speech That Got People Talking About Scott Walker by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jan 26, 2015 6:39 PM UTC  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on Jan. 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on Jan. 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa.Scott Olson—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jan 26, 2015 6:39 PM UTC A single speech can launch a presidency. Just ask Barack Obama, who got his start toward the White House with a well-received oration at the 2004 Democratic presidential convention. On Saturday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gave [a well-received](http://www.slate.com/articles/news%5Fand%5Fpolitics/politics/2015/01/scott%5Fwalker%5Fperforms%5Fwell%5Fat%5Fiowa%5Ffreedom%5Fsummit%5Fthe%5Fwisconsin%5Fgovernor.html) [speech in Iowa](http://time.com/3681563/scott-walker-dark-horse/), home of the crucial first-in-the-nation caucuses on the road to the 2016 nomination. While it’s too soon to tell if the speech will actually push Walker into position, it’s worth watching just to see how a well-done speech can capture people’s attention. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3682811/scott-walker-iowa-freedom-summit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3682811/scott-walker-iowa-freedom-summit/"},"headline":"Watch the Speech That Got People Talking About Scott Walker","datePublished":"2015-01-26T18:39:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:53:01.042Z","description":"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gave a well-received speech in Iowa, home of the crucial first-in-the-nation caucuses on the road to 2016.","url":"https://time.com/3682811/scott-walker-iowa-freedom-summit/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Iowa","Scott Walker"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9831b023e0182918/69877bd00b72e36df46dd569/scott-walker-iowa1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9831b023e0182918/69877bd00b72e36df46dd569/scott-walker-iowa1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Iowa Freedom Summit Features GOP Presidential Hopefuls","caption":"Iowa Freedom Summit Features GOP Presidential Hopefuls","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3682811/scott-walker-iowa-freedom-summit/","name":"Watch the Speech That Got People Talking About Scott Walker"}}]}] ```