Posts tagged “Jon Huntsman”
New Hampshire Primary Live Blog
All day today I’ll be semi live blogging about the New Hampshire Primary and the GOP 2012 nomination in general. All times are EST. 11:25 – Another night, another claim that Obama is going to somehow fundamentally change the American way of life. Mitt Romney said this in his victory speech: Our campaign is about more [...]
Happy New Hampshire Primary Day
Or, happy End-of-The-GOP-Primary day. Latest polls out show downward momentum for Romney and upward momentum for Huntsman. But none of it really matters. The size of the number separating first place (Romney) the rest of the field is too large for any last minute change of fortune. If there is, you will see a lots [...]
Fiscal Conservatism Fail
One of the lesser publicized news items of the past couple days is the release of new campaign finance reports that remarkably demonstrate how terrible some of the Republican presidential candidates are with money. In fact, the campaigns of four major candidates – Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsman – have hundreds [...]
The Obstructionist Reflex
Newspaper articles are generally written at a 9th grade level of comprehension, so it’s starting to become a little bit eerie to see the word “intransigent” being used in abundance by the news media to describe the inflexibility of Republican politicians. What isn’t shocking, though, are the knee-jerk reactions that the GOP presidential candidate field [...]
Romney and Perry Exchange Blows in Debate
The two front runners in the GOP primary exchanged blows on the most important issue of the campaign last night. Jobs. Overall, I think the #1 story of this debate is that Perry was attacked but survived. He faced only a couple of his very controversial skeletons but handled them with grace. The soundbites are [...]
There is no room for a moderate Republican candidate
I wondered earlier this week whether a Republican presidential candidate with culturally moderate views (a.k.a. Jon Huntsman) could feasibly shore up conservative support for the Republican 2012 popularity contest. I wondered whether there was room for a ‘moderate.’ However, being reminded of tidbits such as the ones that follow, I sobered up and realized that [...]
Is there room for a moderate Republican?
This question has been baffling the political scene since John McCain ended his campaign as a fringe right-winger, claiming that Obama had ties to terrorists and America-haters, and refused to temper outbursts of “Kill Him!” at McCain-Palin rallies. We all know the story after that – the Republican Party erupted with a new wave of [...]