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Ooops, this video was deleted from Jon Huntsman's YouTube channel-- (Original Post) eridani Sep 2012 OP
Powerful video mimi85 Sep 2012 #1
Oooops! MAKE IT Cha Sep 2012 #2
K&R nt avebury Sep 2012 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Sep 2012 #4
Huntsman is a Repub but his dislike for him is very apparent. Jennicut Sep 2012 #5
Ooh, this one violates St. Ronnie's 11th Commandment! Freddie Sep 2012 #6
haha. I've been saying for months that I'd buy a weathervane and put Mitt's pic on it. perfect! nt progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #7
I'm glad Huntsman didn't win the nom JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #8
It would've been like 1992... Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #10
Huntsman would've been dangerous to President Obama JeffersonLoveChild Sep 2012 #13
wonder if they can pull a 'hail mary' and replace(some medical excuse) Romney with Huntsman Sunlei Sep 2012 #14
Unlikely, & even if they somehow did, it will be from one of the runnersups - Paul, Santorum or Newt JeffersonLoveChild Sep 2012 #15
Glad this one wasn't allowed to slip down the memory hole! n/t beac Sep 2012 #9
Ha!!! That's another keeper! progressoid Sep 2012 #11
Good stuff davidpdx Sep 2012 #12

mimi85

(1,805 posts)
1. Powerful video
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:30 PM
Sep 2012

As Bob would say "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Substitute wind for Mitt.

Response to eridani (Original post)

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
5. Huntsman is a Repub but his dislike for him is very apparent.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:45 PM
Sep 2012

He says he supports him but when it comes time to actually vote for Mittens? Hmmm.....
He was very critical of Romney over this recent embassy thing and one of Huntsman's daughters tweeted that Romney was very wrong.
Liddy Huntsman recently tweeted:
"Secretary Clinton is the ultimate Stateswoman. #classact"
"There is a time & place for politics. It's disgraceful that the Romney team would use this Libyan attack for their own political gain."

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
8. I'm glad Huntsman didn't win the nom
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:38 PM
Sep 2012

I think he'd give us more of a contest than ol' Mittens can.

Julie

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
10. It would've been like 1992...
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:28 PM
Sep 2012

But kind of in reverse. A third-party candidate would've run from the far-right and taken a lot of Republican support from Huntsman. It's hard to imagine the base, who's had issues with Romney, getting behind Huntsman and I doubt Huntsman would use the type of rhetoric Romney has used to inflame the base.

My guess is if Huntsman had run, Obama wins solely because the Republicans would be extremely divided. Even so, whereas I anticipate he'll get a majority of support against Romney, I don't see him getting a majority of support with Huntsman.

So, maybe...

Obama: 45%
Huntsman: 42%
Third Party Candidate: 13%

13. Huntsman would've been dangerous to President Obama
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:24 AM
Sep 2012

Huntsman has been by far, the most successful GOP governor of the last three decades. His approval ratings while serving as Governor was ridiculously high, and Utah was near the top of all sorts of benchmarks during his two terms. Utah was even voted as the best managed state in the country during his tenure.

He would've appealed to the moderates in both parties, and the independents. In a non-tea party era, I think Huntsman would've clinched the GOP nomination. The fact that he was a personal friend of President Obama meant he never stood a chance with them.

I still remembered the way he smashed Romney during the debates on Afghanistan (for the record, Huntsman's position is almost identical to President Obama).

But his career in the Republican Party is effectively over now after he compared them to China's Communist Party.




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