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GOP Estab Courting Jon Huntsman to Challenge Mike Lee
breitbart.com ^ | 2/15/15 | Tony Lee

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.

CNN’s 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 Obama’s former Ambassador to China to challenge Lee.

King noted that Huntsman’s deep-pocketed dad (Huntsman Sr., though, did pony up funds to his son’s campaign down the stretch–perhaps 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 didn’t 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 fights–like repealing Obamacare and overturning Obama’s executive amnesty–the 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 ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 2012election; 2016election; bobbennett; election2012; election2016; elections; homosexualagenda; huntsman; jonhuntsman; jonhuntsmanjr; lee; libertarians; massachusetts; medicalmarijuana; mikelee; mittromney; morons4obama; newyork; trump; utah
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1 posted on 02/16/2015 6:21:34 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Orrin Hatchling is also behind this.


2 posted on 02/16/2015 6:23:38 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: cotton1706

Meadow Mountain massacre of the TEA Party ... again.


3 posted on 02/16/2015 6:24:37 AM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: cotton1706

Big business has a $tranglehold on the party.


4 posted on 02/16/2015 6:26:23 AM PST by skeeter
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To: cotton1706

Really amazing. Basically they are admitting they are closer to the Democrats than they are to true conservatives.


5 posted on 02/16/2015 6:26:55 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: cotton1706

So the Democrat in Rino’s clothing arises -—— again.


6 posted on 02/16/2015 6:26:57 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: cotton1706

...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


7 posted on 02/16/2015 6:36:17 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: cotton1706

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.


8 posted on 02/16/2015 6:45:49 AM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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To: cotton1706

Lee was Huntsman’s chief of staff way back when.....funny


9 posted on 02/16/2015 6:46:50 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: cotton1706
Who better than Jon Huntsman to represent the Obamanista wing of the GOP.

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. "

cnn.com

"Sources: Former GOP Candidate Huntsman to Speak at DNC Convention" - Brietbart

PUCKER-UP! KISSY! KISSY!

10 posted on 02/16/2015 6:47:15 AM PST by drpix
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To: BlueStateRightist

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.


11 posted on 02/16/2015 6:49:22 AM PST by sarge83
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I believe the NEW Republican should be called the CRUZERS.


12 posted on 02/16/2015 6:53:05 AM PST by CMailBag
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To: sarge83

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.


13 posted on 02/16/2015 7:13:28 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace- No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cotton1706

Good luck. I think Mike Lee has a 65% favorable rating with his constituents.


14 posted on 02/16/2015 7:14:43 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: cotton1706
Forget Mike Lee... Hey, GOPe, why don't you deal with your Jeb/Myth/Crispy failures, and now put forth Huntsman as your main candidate for the 2016 nomination. I fully support your doing that! I'll even support him!!

(up until the day before I go to the primary election booth).

15 posted on 02/16/2015 7:18:10 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: cotton1706

This is a GOPe sleight of hnd. They hope to catch the Dems off guard by nominating someone to the left of Hillary.


16 posted on 02/16/2015 7:29:12 AM PST by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

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.


17 posted on 02/16/2015 8:07:47 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: cotton1706

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.


18 posted on 02/16/2015 8:12:57 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: Vigilanteman

Yes I cannot see Jon Huntsman inspiring the electorate.


19 posted on 02/16/2015 8:26:10 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: drpix

Huntsman sounds like homosexual in that letter.


20 posted on 02/16/2015 8:29:36 AM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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