A quick Google search will turn up quite a few 2008-vintage comparisons of Hillary Clinton and Tracy Flick, the hyperambitious student politician in the novel and film Election -- but if this Washington Post story is correct, the young Scott Walker was the real Tracy Flick, with a healthy dose of Alex P. Keaton thrown in for good measure:

Walker clearly liked college politics more than college itself. He had managed to line up 47 campaign endorsements [in his campaign for student body president at Marquette University], including ones from the ski team and the varsity chorus, but he had trouble showing up on time for French.

... Walker was known for ... his political ambitions. If you met him, they were as plain as the photo of him with Ronald Reagan on his dorm-room desk.

“He would comment that, you know, ‘I’m going to be president of the United States someday,’” said Patrick Tepe, a former dorm mate who is now a dentist.

As a freshman, Walker was elected to the student senate. He plunged into the job, leading a hard-charging impeachment inquiry into charges of misspent money.

... in 1988, as a sophomore, Walker ran for student-government president against a well-known liberal student, John Quigley. Walker distributed a 20-point resume, and talked up his good deeds from back in high school.

“God’s honest truth,” said Quigley, remembering the epic un-hipness of their debates. “I remember him talking about being an Eagle Scout.”

In the campaign, Walker seemed to have every angle covered. There were buttons that said “Beam Me Up, Scotty!” There were slogans sprayed on campus snowbanks, with water and food coloring. The campaign even arranged a special deal at Lucci’s Pizza: Walker voters got extra cheese free.

At times, Walker’s opponents accused his campaign of going too far.

The most notable allegation was that Walker’s people had stolen copies of the campus newspaper, to keep students from reading its endorsement of the other guy. Walker’s friends say to this day that they didn’t do it....