Posted on 02/16/2015 6:21:34 AM PST by cotton1706
Establishment Republicans are reportedly trying to convince former Utah Governor and failed 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman to oust Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) in 2016.
CNNs John King said on Inside Politics that national establishment leaders in the business community will join state establishment leaders to try to convince President Barack Obamas former Ambassador to China to challenge Lee.
King noted that Huntsmans deep-pocketed dad (Huntsman Sr., though, did pony up funds to his sons campaign down the stretchperhaps because he saw the writing on the wall.) does not like Lee (Huntsman Sr. is reportedly upset his cancer institute did not get taxpayer funds during the government shutdown.)Huntsman Sr. has reportedly been scouting potential challengers with others who are reportedly plotting to oust Lee.
Huntsman strangely tried to win the 2012 GOP presidential nomination by attacking conservatives. That didnt work out too well. He is now with No Labels, which brings together politicians from the bipartisan political class that both establishments love more than voters in both parties.
Lee helped ignite the Tea Party and inspired citizen-candidates across the country when he ousted incumbent Utah Sen. Bob Bennett in 2012. Because Lee has stood with conservatives in D.C. on some of the most important fightslike repealing Obamacare and overturning Obamas executive amnestythe establishment, according to King, wants revenge on him.
Though it is unlikely Huntsman will challenge Lee, the contrast between the two would not be more clear.
Though Huntsman was a popular governor in Utah, his 2012 campaign showed that he, his family, and advisers loved the attention of the elite mainstream press (see: Vogue spreads) and thought of them as their base.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Orrin Hatchling is also behind this.
Meadow Mountain massacre of the TEA Party ... again.
Big business has a $tranglehold on the party.
Really amazing. Basically they are admitting they are closer to the Democrats than they are to true conservatives.
So the Democrat in Rino’s clothing arises -—— again.
...but wait...I thought the establishment’s problem with the Tea Party is that we try to unseat incumbents.......surely the holy estabs are not being hypocritical here are they????? /s
At least they have chosen a proven looser. Huntsman has burned lots of bridges with the folks in Utah and can easily be tied to lots of far left ideas.
Lee was Huntsman’s chief of staff way back when.....funny
Jon Huntsman's writes to Obama "You are a remarkable leader" - with the worm underlining "remarkable:"
Jon Huntsman is "effusive" with Axelrod over what Obama is doing "on health care {and} a whole range of issues:""When we were in Shanghai we got a chance to talk," Axelrod said on CNN's State of the Union. "And he {Huntsman}was very effusive -- this was in the fall of 2009 -- about what the president was doing. He was encouraging on health care, he was encouraging on a whole range of issues. ""Sources: Former GOP Candidate Huntsman to Speak at DNC Convention" - Brietbart
PUCKER-UP! KISSY! KISSY!
And there will still be conservatives, having just been kicked in the nuts—again by the Republicans, on their knees before their beloved Republican party and vote and financially support people who have openly made it clear they despise them and everything they believe and the Republicans know this and exploit these suckers every election.
I believe the NEW Republican should be called the CRUZERS.
What will it take for people to realize that the GOP exists today only to block conservatives from power?
The values we hold dear they hold in contempt, just like their friends across the aisle.
They would rather lose than allow a conservative to win, the examples are plentiful.
Good luck. I think Mike Lee has a 65% favorable rating with his constituents.
(up until the day before I go to the primary election booth).
This is a GOPe sleight of hnd. They hope to catch the Dems off guard by nominating someone to the left of Hillary.
Yep. The spray-on tan guy would be lucky to win a congressional seat as a Democrat in Utah’s solitary marginal congressional district, let alone anything statewide.
I’ve been wondering why we’re suddenly seeing the Huntsman Cancer Institute ads on TV. I had thought it was a subtle way of preparing for another Jon Huntsman presidential run. I guess it may be a Senate run, instead.
Yes I cannot see Jon Huntsman inspiring the electorate.
Huntsman sounds like homosexual in that letter.
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