Posted on 02/20/2009 12:50:59 PM PST by Notoriously Conservative
I personally don't completely like his policies. He supports civil unions, and is big into global warming. Though, he is conservative on a lot of issues, and seems to be fiscally conservative.
From the Deseret News:
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is looking more and more like a presidential candidate for the GOP nomination in 2012.
During a trip this week to Washington, D.C., for a meeting of the National Governors' Association, Huntsman will make two political stops, including one in South Carolina.
As the first Southern state to vote in a presidential primary, South Carolina is seen as a critical test for candidates. Political insiders there are often courted very early in the election cycle, long before candidates declare they're in the race.
Huntsman, already being touted as a presidential contender by the Washington Post and other national media, will get a chance to introduce himself to a group of key South Carolina Republicans at a dinner hosted Friday night by that state's GOP attorney general, Henry McMaster.
"That is a sign there is at least some thought of a presidential campaign," said Matthew Wilson, a professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas who specializes in religion and politics. Huntsman needs to visit early primary states because, Wilson said, he is unknown to anyone who's not closely following the race.
"Only people who are really, really political junkies are talking about him now. He's third tier," Wilson said, behind a handful of better-known likely candidates including former Utah Olympic leader Mitt Romney, who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination in 2008.
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A real RINO. I’m from Utah and I would not vote for him unless he was running against the Zero.
The last campaign is barely over and we’re starting again? I remember the good old days when presidential campaigns only lasted three years, LOL.
Hopefully not, he’s got a lot of terrible ideas. Insane tobacco taxes, to start with. If this is a conservative, I’ve fallen completely off the charts.
It seems his book “Cheaters Never Win” doesn’t hold true for Democrats.
Arnold-lite, no thanks.
Wrong Huntsman.. Nevermind. ;)
I can think of a lot of other candidates I would prefer.
Way too much of a lightweight.
In politics ‘cause of daddy’s money.
His father wrote the book, not our esteemed (sarc.) governor. John Jr. is terrible. He is a spoiled rich boy who rode into office on the strength of his Daddy’s money and his family name. People assumed he was conservative. He is not. And he has contempt for the socially conservative majority that elected him. He is McCain light.
He believes in global warming — but not much else, as far as I can tell. He is supporting gay rights, even though there is no support for it in the legislature.
I can’t tell you how much I dislike him.
I don’t know the guy so I won’t beat up on him. However civil unions and global warming are big losers for the GOP.
Actually it’s a good thing he’s saying it right now...
It will take the bulls-eye off Palin from the hit pieces of the MSM and put out a new target for them in the meantime. Let the RINO talk..
Sanford/???? 2012
RINOs exit stage left.
is big into global warming
In other words he is completely out of touch with reality.
Huntsman is the son of billionaire businessman and philanthropist Jon Huntsman of Huntsman Corporation. He attended the University of Utah, where he was a Sigma Chi. He received a Bachelor's degree in business from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania after transferring to that school.
He served an LDS mission in Taiwan and speaks fluent Standard Mandarin Chinese.
Me too!!!!
Another Romney.
No thanks, I’ll pass.
No thanks. I’m desperate for real conservative.
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