Posted on 11/30/2011 11:19:15 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
HANOVER, NHJon Huntsman walked out of the rear door of a Dartmouth auditorium. His head swiveled as he looked for the black SUV that will take him to his next stop. He had just given a speech emphasizing his claim that the future of America will not be decided on a battlefield in remotest Afghanistan but along the trade routes of the Pacific. The applause had barely died down in the hall as Huntsman exited into the quiet streets of Hanover. He took one second to sigh. He had just launched Phase Two of his campaign, and it was a success.
The reboot couldnt come fast enough. Huntsman had made no dent in the polls since his launch in June. Instead, the avalanche of prestige media mash-notes to his campaign had the effect of raising expectations ridiculously high and smothering him with the labels soft and moderate in an era when Tea-caffeinated primary voters are looking for hard and right. The hastily constructed campaignlargely built while the candidate was still serving as Obamas ambassador to Chinawas subject to infighting and leaked acrimony that would outlast Julys reorganization. Huntsman was sinking almost as fast as Tim Pawlenty, his name recognition barely above Buddy Roemers.
But this rickety launch obscured more than it revealed. Huntsman may be uncomfortable in the ideological sweathouse that is the conservative movement. He may be diplomatic when the right is dyspeptic. But his candidacy offers conservatives two very tantalizing possibilities: a break with the Bush legacy on foreign policy and the chance to move their policy prescriptions off the Tea Partys placards and into the center of our political debate. Huntsmans record shows that conservative politics can triumph not just through conflict but also by concord.
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Huntsman is a progressive.
The only true conservatives in the race are Santorum and Bachmann.
FWIW, he’s also the preferred candidate of my friends who campaigned for Hillary against Barry.
One, no. Just no.
Two, Michael, do Pat and the guys know this is in the magazine?
he worked for Obama. That pretty sums it up for most FReepers I think
He worked for Obama.
No thanks!
Not counting those two out either.
Vet,
Somehow the image of you before Jon (This-Dawg-Never) Huntsman on the television with your klaxon going off like a three-alarm fire just cracks me up.
Dog barking, windows rattling, neighbors calling...”Vet, Vet, are you okay over there?”
“It’s my gaydar again! Damn that Huntsman anyway!!”
lol
p.s. prayers for you and your wife. God Bless.
he creeps me out for letting his daughters flaunt themselves for his election
I would be screaming at my daughter to go home and get some more clothes on
But they are wayyyyy hott!
Huntsman is MSNBC’s favorite Republican. That’s all I need to know.
Those boys at the American “Conservative” must think we’re a bunch of fools.
We need Jim DeMint or someone to announce a surprise candidacy right about Last Week.
I am hoping for a hung convention at this point.
There seems to be a very good reason why conservatives don’t read that rag. I bet it supported OWS and hates Israel too.
Huntsman is no conservative. He is Mitt Lite
At this point, all I am able to concede is that looking at Huntsman’s daughters for 4 years would be preferable to looking at Michelle Obama for 4 more years.
I have to agree. I keep hearing this guys a rino, a moderate, a lib, etc. etc. but every time I hear him speak he comes off very conservative. I don’t get it either.
I do see what everyone is saying about him being “smarmy”. There is something about him that just looks dirty, I just can’t put my finger on it. Then I see his three girls, Wow!! he does nice work for sure.
Overall this guy seems very right wing to me but my guts say no for some reason.
His stance on “Global Warming” alongside his eagerness to do Obamas bidding is the only thing I need to know to understand he has no business being the Republican nominee.
lol....
A response like that proves that you are not interested in thinking. Rather, conservative identity politics is more important to you than facts, or record. If someone talks with a southern accent and riles up the base, then they’re “ok”, regardless if they support amnesty, big government, “compassionate conservatism”, etc etc.
I prefer to “think” and judge candidates by their platform and their record.
Parley’s Summit guy?
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