Tea Party Favorite Endorses Romney for President
For a state with an overwhelmingly Republican tilt, Utah can produce some political headscratchers. Consider: Utah’s former governor, Jon Huntsman, is running for president as the most moderate...
View ArticleHuntsman Charting McCain Path Without the Record
The Washington Examiner reports that GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is trying to retrace the steps Senator John McCain (R-AZ) took to the 2008 nomination. Citing his moderate stances on just...
View ArticleNow Liberals Think Huntsman Candidacy Doomed
After a barrage of base-hating tweets, even the liberal website Talking Points Memo thinks former Utah Governor and Obama China Ambassador Jon Huntsman’s GOP presidential campaign is headed for...
View ArticleMore Liberal Rationalizations for Doomed Huntsman Campaign
The liberal obituaries for the mostly-dead Huntsman for President campaign get an interesting addition from Michael Tomasky at the Daily Beast: The Huntsman strategy here is obvious: position himself...
View ArticleObama’s Campaign Geniuses Don’t Understand the Basics of Republican Politics
Everything you need to know about the Obama political team’s total ignorance of Republican politics can be summed up with one fact: when Obama chose then-Utah Governor Jon Huntsman to serve as his...
View ArticleRomney, Gingrich and…Santorum?
Though there are many positive things to say about Rick Santorum’s candidacy – battle-tested conservative on national security, welfare reform and foundational issues like family and marriage – he has...
View ArticleSantorum, Huntsman, Trump, and Newt
I’m not sure whether my title line sounds more like a disreputable law firm or an unpublished fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Anyway … There are a lot of good points flying around these discussions....
View ArticleHow the Republican Candidates Fall Short
The ever-perceptive Michael Barone is out with a new piece today chronicling — in his trademark even-handed style — the weaknesses of the various Republican presidential candidates (Barone makes clear...
View ArticleJimmy Carter Likes Romney After Favoring Huntsman
Just when he thought it was safe to grab hold of the GOP presidential mantle, Mitt Romney gets the worst kind of endorsement – a thumbs-up from Jimmy Carter. Said Carter: “I’d rather have a Democrat...
View ArticleBaucus Beijing Appointment Shows White House Running Scared in 2014
Word leaked out yesterday that the White House is planning on nominating veteran Montana Senator Max Baucus (a Democrat) to become the new U.S. Ambassador to China. This continues this Administration’s...
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