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Obama campaign manager: Huntsman was our top concern
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina told Politico on Tuesday that the campaign worried most about having to run against former Utah governor Jon Huntsman. “I think we were honest about our concerns about Huntsman,” he said. “I think Jon Huntsman would have been a very tough general election candidate, and…
Abby Huntsman: GOP uninvited my father for talking about ‘a third voice’
Abby Huntsman said Tuesday that the Republican Party had ostracized her father, former GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, for speaking about the need for a strong third party. “Right after the campaign — and I haven’t told a lot of people this, I might get in trouble for saying this…
Huntsman: GOP like Chinese Communist Party ‘if you’re off script’
Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman on Monday blasted the media and insisted he was taken out of context he after compared the Republican Party to the Communist Party of China. Speaking at the 92nd Street Y in New York on Sunday, Huntsman recalled that he had been disinvited to…
Huntsman calls for third party: ‘The system is broken’
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman on Thursday expressed his disillusionment with the dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties in American politics. “We need campaign finance reform,” he said during an appearance on MSNBC. “The system is broken. We need term limits. We need something to compete against a duopoly…
Colbert: I sent Huntsman ‘back to the Lands’ End catalog’
Days after announcing his exploratory committee for president, Stephen Colbert said Monday evening that he’s already making a huge impact in the Republican race. “That announcement has completely changed the complexion of this race,” he said. “It has gone from linen to egg shell. The mere possibly that I might…
WATCH LIVE: Huntsman expected to endorse Romney
Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is expected to drop out of the race and endorse former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET. Watch live video from CNN, broadcast Jan. 16, 2012. …
Huntsman to drop out of GOP race, endorse Romney
According to reports tweeted on Sunday night by New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny, Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is about to leave the race and will endorse Mitt Romney. Zeleny added that “Huntsman was urged by some advisers to stay in the race thrugh South Carolina primary, but concluded…
Stewart: Romney most successful candidate who ‘no one likes’
On Wednesday’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart ran down the results of the New Hampshire primary, including the fact that Mitt Romney keeps winning in spite of the fact that no one actually seems to like him. He then expressed his bafflement at the media’s insistence on pretending that Ron…
Huntsman accused of video conspiracy to smear Ron Paul
A web consulting firm claims that a party close to Jon Huntsman’s campaign uploaded an offensive YouTube video to smear rival Ron Paul, according to Politico. The amateur-looking video, titled “Jon Huntsman’s Values,” suggests the candidate lacks American values based on his time spent abroad and adoption of children from…
Huntsman to Romney: While you were campaigning, I was serving my country
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman on Sunday lashed out at Mitt Romney for having the nerve to criticize him for serving his country as the ambassador to China while the former Massachusetts governor was busy raising money to run for the Republican nomination for president. “Governor, you were, the last…
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