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(RINO) Huntsman trounces Limbaugh in poll
Deseret News ^ | 3/11/09 | Lisa Roach

Posted on 03/11/2009 5:47:18 PM PDT by pissant

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. bests controversial conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh in a new national poll about the direction of the Republican Party.

The Democratic strategy and polling group Democracy Corps found that more Americans prefer Huntsman's moderate approach to Limbaugh's premise that the GOP must move further to the right, 57 percent to 37 percent, according to Politico.com.

As the GOP struggles to recover from last November's loss of the White House, Limbaugh is increasingly being seen as the party's leader. He was cheered at the recent annual meeting of the national Conservative Political Action Committee for saying the party needed to return to its conservative roots to start winning again.

But Huntsman has been attracting national attention as a moderate, thanks to his support of climate change and civil unions and condemnation of his party's lack of alternatives to the Democrat's federal stimulus package. He has been touted as a possibly presidential candidate in 2012.

"The poll shows a majority of Americans are in line with the governor's belief that we need solution-oriented leaders," Huntsman spokeswoman Lisa Roskelley said, carefully avoiding any mention of Limbaugh.

(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: fauxpoll; johnhuntsman; liberalsinthegop; republicanparty; rino; rush; socalledmoderate; trashpoll; vichyrepublicans; waronrush
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Love to see the internals. LOL
1 posted on 03/11/2009 5:47:19 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Hah? Who? Huntsman? Wha?


2 posted on 03/11/2009 5:48:06 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: pissant

I know I wasn’t asked...again.


3 posted on 03/11/2009 5:48:38 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: pissant

Seriously. I had never heard of Huntsmen before this.


4 posted on 03/11/2009 5:48:48 PM PDT by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: pissant

seriously, who?


5 posted on 03/11/2009 5:49:33 PM PDT by nufsed
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To: pissant

Huntsman who?

Never heard of him.

Boy, THAT’s some kind of popular! I must be FAMOUS now!


6 posted on 03/11/2009 5:49:54 PM PDT by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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The Democratic strategy and polling group Democracy Corps

Democrats polling Democrats. I guess this means we gotta go along with what they want. /sarcasm

7 posted on 03/11/2009 5:50:05 PM PDT by lowbridge (It's not that liberals are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so - Ronald Reagan)
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To: pissant

LOL. I’ve never heard of him him. Who is he?


8 posted on 03/11/2009 5:50:07 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If Liberals would pay their taxes, there would be no deficit..)
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To: Texas Eagle

The Democratic strategy and polling group Democracy Corps found that...

STOP READING RIGHT THERE.


9 posted on 03/11/2009 5:50:10 PM PDT by omega4179 (Look out below! Thanks Obamanomics.)
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poll from ObamaCorp.. I don’t think so...


10 posted on 03/11/2009 5:51:10 PM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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I had to click on the link to find out who Huntsman was.


11 posted on 03/11/2009 5:51:16 PM PDT by allmost
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To: omega4179

LOL. That’s the second line of the story. I never made it THAT far.


12 posted on 03/11/2009 5:51:32 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: pissant

who?


13 posted on 03/11/2009 5:51:43 PM PDT by Blogger (Pray and Prepare)
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Yes, a polling group led by a long time democrat and Klinton operative, publishes this? What an effing joke. Huntsman? Who? Wha?


14 posted on 03/11/2009 5:51:56 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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The Democratic strategy and polling group Democracy Corps found...

Oh yeah. I'll bet they're as honest as the day as long.

15 posted on 03/11/2009 5:52:16 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. bests controversial conservative radio talk show

LOL! Who the heck is this guy?????

Proof positive that polls don't mean a thing anymore.......

16 posted on 03/11/2009 5:52:30 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun on an Indy car....)
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Who’s this....”Huntsman”?


17 posted on 03/11/2009 5:52:36 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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Democrats polling Democrats. I guess this means we gotta go along with what they want. /sarcasm

And they honestly want to give the GOP good advice. /sarcasm

18 posted on 03/11/2009 5:52:46 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (hey who ordered the trillion dollar crap sandwich? FUBO. Ugly and incendiary entertainer fan.)
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What's a Huntsman? Seriously, so many people trying to horn in on Limbaugh's fame and popularity. So, was this a poll of Demonrats? Moderates? I find it hard to believe it was a national republican poll. NE rinos? Okay, sure, but national? What's a Huntsman?
19 posted on 03/11/2009 5:52:48 PM PDT by GBA
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To: Future Snake Eater

Governor of Utah, the unaccomplished son of a great man.


20 posted on 03/11/2009 5:53:32 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (hey who ordered the trillion dollar crap sandwich? FUBO. Ugly and incendiary entertainer fan.)
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