Bachmann-Huntsman 2012?
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If Bachmann selects Huntsman, he’ll “serve”
Watch out for John Huntsman’s inconsistencies
Jon Huntsman is casting himself as a truthful, moderate candidate in for the 2012 GOP primary. He sounded sincere, reasonable, and pragmatic when he stated on ABC’s This Week that that Bachmann’s promise last week to lower gas prices to $2 per gallon were not from the real world on August 21, 2011.
I just don’t know what… what world that comment would come from, you know? We live in the real world. It’s grounded in reality. And gas prices just aren’t going to rebound like that.
Don’t be too quick to believe Huntsman’s “I’m a moderate” declaration. He’s anti-choice and signed every “pro-life” legislation that passed across his desk as Utah governor from 2005-2009. In January 2011, a The Salt Lake Tribune ranked Utah 41 out of 50 states in education for education performance and policy. Reporter Alisa Schencker wrote It’s not the kind of report card you’d post on the refrigerator door. Does she mean a D+?
So, why did the former Utah governor say on Piers Morgan’s show that every time he is asked to serve his country he answered yes. He resigned his ambassadorial post to China earlier this year, to which President Obama appointed him. Huntsman also stated that if asked by the Minnesota congresswoman to run as her vice president he’d be the first person to sign up, absolutely!
Huntsman quickly back pedaled his response, stating his answer was predicated on a hypothetical question and, no doubt, he’ll win the Republican nomination. Pundits note Huntsman trails far behind most Republican candidates in early national polls and voting states.
He seemed to acknowledge a Bachmann-Huntsman ticket was far-fetched. Huntsman was quite clear about team up front-runner Mitt Romney, He bemused, There would be too many jokes about that. No, I can’t imagine it at all.
Huntsman wants voters to believe he would work for Bachmann as easily as he could work for President Barack Obama. Huntsman said, Every time I’ve been asked to serve over different administrations, from Reagan, to the two Bushes, to President Obama, I have the same, the same answer, and that is if you love this country, you serve her.
Most pundits doubt if Bachmann could win the GOP nomination, but she probably would not consider Huntsman as a viable running mate. The former governor has lambasted his GOP rivals too many times, arguing they can’t be trusted to run the country. It puts the party out of the mainstream, and this country is looking for practical, common-sense solutions, he told Washington Wire, then compared his views to what he called the rhetoric, nonsense and hyperbole coming from other candidates.
Former Regan aide, Ed Rogers, wrote in the Washington Post that he thinks it’s the best chance the Republicans have of beating President Obama. Rogers calls Huntsman an articulate, attractive, cerebral, urbane internationalist… in other words, he is ‘toast’ in today’s Republican Party. He writes that Bachmann is a star in the party and bulletproof with our right wing.
Then Rogers follows up his comment with some oblique, convoluted double-speak Think about it. Unless there is a new dynamic to the 2012 campaign, Huntsman probably can’t win the nomination and Bachmann probably shouldn’t. Which is it? Is a Bachmann-Huntsman platform the possible chance for the GOP to retake the White House; or is either candidate even electable?
As one Republican commented, Hahaha, if a Bachmann/Huntsman ticket is the best we can do we deserve to lose.
Does MMA even need to ask what you think? Let those Huntsman comments fly, because we’ve all had enough of Bachmann.
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I like Huntsman. When he speaks, he doesn’t pander to anyone. He’s too rich to worry about a career after the election.
He’s successful in both the private and civil sector. He calls things as he sees it. He doesn’t make outlandish comments. There is a refreshing honesty to the man.
Questions about his role in the Obama administration is just too insignificant to even answer. He’s not the first, and won’t be the last to serve in an opposing administration. Besides, in most cases, these people are appointed because of merit. Every single one of his recommendations and positions on China is beneficial to the country.
But most of all, he is someone that can actually win against Obama. Bachmann and Perry is getting a lot of airplay because of their pandering to the very vocal right wing/ evangelical minority, but they will unravel under the glare of nation as the race heats up. And in the very small chance that they actually secure the nomination, Obama would probably be dancing with joy, knowing his will win in a landslide.
I also add slavery to anything that isn’t DNC or Daily Kos approved also shows lack of intellect and conviction. As well as being bad for America.
You had me at principles. In fact, if there is one trait more than any other that seems to cut across party lines these days, it is that our current crop of would-be-kings/queens are remarkably unprincipled.
Don’t get too excited Ms. Anderson. The difference is I am a conservative with principles. Slavery to a mindless talking points and blind hatred of anything that isn’t RNC approved shows lack of intellect and conviction. As well as being bad for America.
These days, one might term such a person as a liberal.
if you mean a liberal like JFK, without the debauchery of course, who was strong against communism and cut taxes to stimulate the economy, then I’ll take that as a compliment Ms. Anderson.
It’s a shame there are no Eisenhowers and Teddy Roosevelts on my side, or Trumans and LBJ’s on the left anymore. That leaves us both with slim pickings. Politics no longer breeds true statesmen. The backroom deal to get good legislation has become the backroom deal to get more graft from taxpayers to benefit the insiders.
Why, Uncle Miltie, you’re starting to sound like a liberal… dare we hope?
As I watch things unfold my disappointment in the Republican field grows.
I appreciated Huntsman’s candor and honesty. On the other hand, I sense a naivity in him that is incredibly troubling. He seems more intersted in padding his resume with government posts than ideals and true service. To even answer at this point in the campaign that he would serve as Bachman’s VP was almost stupid.
I heard him in an interview earlier today that we needed a more trusting relationship with the Chinese. Frankly, I was stunned.
I want to vote for a president. Someone with strength and wisdom. The more I hear from Huntsman the more I recognize that he is not that person.
Uncle Miltie, I can’t find a single, credible candidate among the bunch. After reading Huntsman’s acceptance of his daughter’s faith, I thought maybe a credible candidate had arisen from the current cesspool of GOP candidates.
More fool I.
How can anyone trust a recommendation from Jeb Bush? Bush Jr. in a statement: “Jon Huntsman is the best-prepared candidate to defeat President Obama in Florida and across the country. I am confident that his vision will appeal to young voters, who are alarmed at the trillions of dollars in debt being passed to our generation and who desperately seek jobs and economic opportunity. Washington needs a conservative problem-solver with Jon Huntsman’s record of results.”
I haven’t forgotten 2004.
Huntsman’s position on China from Wikileaks info Early last year, then-U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr. drafted a lengthy, confidential cable advocating a major governmental push to expand economic relations with China. He suggested that the government fund business incubators, offer U.S. companies subsidies for business travel and take a more aggressive posture in trade fights. “We are aware that in a resource constrained environment, some of these will cost money, but we judge that the benefits will outweigh the costs and have a significant job-creating component.”
A site, Shanghai list, posted: Even before he left for China, Huntsman was vocal in the cables about China’s human rights record. So much that in December 2009, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ding Xiaowen, was “strongly dissatisfied” with Huntsman. Huntsman also praises a speech Secretary Clinton gave on internet freedom, saying it “touched a nerve” in China.
I’m not sure, but perhaps it was a leaked statement from Clinton: In some cables, Clinton tells the embassy to lobby China to stop its companies from selling missile technology to Iran.
I don’t know what to make of the following:
In multiple cables, Mr. Huntsman appears intimately involved in the diplomatic efforts surrounding Google Inc.’s pullout from mainland China after its operations were hacked. A Huntsman cable on Jan. 26, 2010, quoted “a well-placed contact” claiming “that the Chinese government coordinated the recent intrusions of Google systems.” The claim has not been verified.
If we had an Eisenhower or a Teddy Roosevelt around to run in 2012, I might feel more at easy with a Republican president. None of the current candidates have anywhere near such integrity.