Posted on 05/26/2011 5:27:25 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
With Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels out of the race, is a Huntsman boomlet brewing? There is no shortage of voices willing to say so, including Jon Huntsman.
"I think the opening is to our advantage," the former Utah governor told Politico. "How many reform-minded governors are there left who are going to take a very fiscally conservative approach to problem-solving?"
Daniels had a strong appeal to fiscal conservatives, but his "truce talk" added a special appeal to that subset of fiscal conservatives actively motivated to stick it to social conservatives. Many mavericky McCain campaign aides are now drifting off in Huntsman's direction.
LifeNews ran a story in January under the headline "Jon Huntsman may launch pro-life Republican bid," but the only data the reporter offered to suggest Huntsman is strongly pro-life or will run a pro-life campaign is that he "supported and signed into law parental consent requirement for abortion." (Also, several pro-life staffers have joined his campaign.) Signing a parental consent law in Utah seems a thin resume on the issue.
GOP primary voters who oppose gay marriage may wonder whether they can trust a governor who (like President Obama) says he believes in marriage as one man and one woman, but who abruptly flip-flopped and promoted a civil union bill that 70 percent of Utahans opposed, just shortly before being appointed ambassador to China by Obama.
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Since Mitch Daniels is out, I sure hope so.
NO! Mitch Daniels wasn’t even in Mitch Daniels’ shoes. The RINOs and MSM was.
wot the heck kind of url is that?
The Left figures if they talk-up a candidate they WANT the Republicans to field it might actually happen.
Anybody connected to Obama is a “NO” vote from me.
The MSM and party insiders are determined to ordain a McCain style RINO for us. I think their money is on Romney, but they wanted Daniels, and now Huntsman as a backup in case Romney flounders, so they can quickly trot him out as a “reasonable” alternative, before the base gets a wild idea like nominating an actual conservative.
I doubt it.
Daniels is a dimunitive sized man. Propably wears a size 7 shoe.
I dunno. Can Huntsman fit into a size 4 1/2??
Let me give you an analogy, Governor Huntsman. If you're the captain of a ship and hiring a crew, and a whole bunch of people show up with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on their resumes you're in trouble.
I doubt Huntsman has Daniels record of achievement.
I know his Dad has alot of money other than that what he is he done?
I’d take the cartoon character from Freakazoid as a candidate over the real life one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOzCeZUq3rQ&feature=related
So Huntsman is going to bet the farm on the best pro-Life credentials in the field??? I bet he gets some votes based on that by one-issue voters with blinders on.
Do you honestly think that Huntsman will have MUCH of a footprint in the Republican race (someone that served IN the OBAMA) Administration?
No..
Sorta like the Silky Pony with a Mitt transplant. Weird. Vaguely amusing. But, no thanks.
we are not voting fro any more rinos.
period.
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