Huntsman's Out
I guess the Colbert results were the writing on the wall.. I enjoy the theater of politics, I find it entertaining, and I really thought he would gain traction...
So what was the ultimate reason? The frontrunner is a Mormon, can't be that. 'Looks' as 'presidential' as Romney, can't be that According to RedState and the WSJ he has the most conservative record.... Is it as simple as he wasn't hateful enough in the early running? Or because the 'MSM' portrayed him as a center righty (which on digging doesn't seem to be the case? Or because he initially came out in support of climate change? Or was it simply because he worked for the current Administration? So, my right leaning S-B'ers. Why not Huntsman? |
Interesting that the Obama voters have been far more perplexed over the Republican candidates for the last year than have the likely Republican voters:uhuh:
Bry...you probably nailed it...he needed to be more hateful to garner anything over 3.2% natonally as a Republican “The people that he’s getting his only real levels of support from are self-identified Democrats who are registered undeclared . . . [and] self-identified liberals,” says Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center. “I don’t think he’s pulling much from Romney.” maybe he's nuts? Huntsman spokesman Tim Miller said the former ambassador to China and Utah Governor was “proud of the race that he ran” but “did not want to stand in the way” of rival Mitt Romney, the current front-runner for the Republican nomination. proud of 3.2%(last) and now maybe his "satisfied with Obama" liberals will vote for Mitt? or....maybe Daddy shut him off "A Huntsman source said it was unclear whether the former Huntsman’s billionaire father had been willing to pour more funds into a super PAC backing his candidacy but that the campaign had run out of cash."RCP his spending record and growth of government as governor, attitudes on healthcare, tarp, bailouts, the stimulus and cap and trade and toward the Republican base in general were all going against the grain in this cycle and it is clearly reflected in his results....do you need more? |
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I really think it boils down to his lack of negative rhetoric against Obama. You watch... Romney will move to the center on a lot of these same issues after he wins the nomination. IMHO, he'll have to. if he stays on the far right push he's trying for he will lose a big chunk of the independent vote... |
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Colbert should be Jailed
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For pointing out the hypocracy in the Super PAC system? Both sides should appluad this in an Era where coorperations AND unions have undue influence on elections and advertising... |
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I can see why Newt and Romney (and Paul). I can understand the fall of Cain, Bachman, Perry... the Huntsman thing is enigmatic to me... if the roles were reversed, you would be breaking down the left candidates... |
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it's a little weird:uhuh:...and funny:) |
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I do 99% respect the way he tried to run his campaign. the 1% was his backtrack on climate change. Otherwise I don't think he pandered, and didn't go overtly negative to either the president or his rivals. |
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that make you a real left wing nut job...doesn't it??? :) I mean, based on the spectrum that you seem to lay out in your arguments... |
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He didn't play a smart game. He should have known that pragmatism doesn't win primaries, and skipping Iowa lost him very valuable media time that went to Mitt and Newt instead. He seems like a good guy though, certainly as smart as any of them and a willingness to actually talk solutions rather than just sling mud. -spence |
For wrecking the political system as it stands
like a "political terrorist" with absolutely NO real plans for actually running for president the same as if 100,000 people suddenly all ran for president but did so....just to fudge up the process now adays people run for president just so they can get a job as a new announcer on TV it's gotten ridiculous ...of course that's just my opinion |
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the whole point is that 100,000 people COULD run for president. that's a good thing, maybe one of those is qualified and not a retread from the same system. Otherwise, it feels like the game is a bit rigged... I don't love Maddow's show, but caught this clip a few nights ago flipping past... (sorry for the ads and length) Rachel Maddow Show sound familiar? What Colbert is doing is pretty spot on, pointing out the fallacy of the the SuperPAC process. My guess is he, and Stewart have the stones to keep at the PAC's even when it is Obama friendly PAC's (Because they can and will). The fact that 'Romney' (or 'Newt' or 'Obama') can run attack ads w/o the "I'm Obama/Romney/Newt and I approved this message" line the right rails about the unions having too much sway, the left say the corps do. lets get all this money out of the politics. I think most of us can agree with that... |
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you guys are full of false assumptions
i haven't been this straight for a long LONG time several months in fact... a level of sobriety that i'm not hardly used to it would be nice to have some actually but i don't feel the need to chase it down |
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i am more of the daily show fan you know with that other Dude... what's his name... Yeah miss ole Pat... |
ya know what's F-ing funny...well kinda
the Captain it turns out of the half sunk cruise liner was swinging the Cruise ship closer to shore so his head waiter could wave to some family members on shore so Now if'n you ever have passengers on your boat wanting to do the same thing you can say....NOPE! WAY too dangerous! you can sink a Cruise ship doing that! :) |
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no, this was the "writing on the wall"....note the pink flatline:) RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - 2012 Republican Presidential Nomination http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...tion-1452.html |
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