Scott Walker's 'punchier tone': As in punch-drunk

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Channeling Reagan, Walker Adopts Punchier Tone To Re-Energize Campaign.  (Wisconsin Public Radio, 9/10/2015)

Stuck in February 2011

Walker said he did the same thing when he changed Wisconsin’s collective bargaining laws early in his first term as governor. He promised similar action with federal employees if he becomes president.