TagsTagsJon Huntsman made it official this morning -- he's out of the race. Right wing bloggers are celebrating, because Huntsman is relatively sane compared to the rest of the field. For example, at rabid far right blog "Weasel Zippers" (a name he stole from our random sayings, by the way), ...
Just in from the Associated Press iPhone app: Campaign officials: Jon Huntsman to withdraw from race for Republican Presidential nomination. Believing in evolution and climate change is a tough sell to today's Republican base. Huntsman never had a chance. Also see: Huntsman Says He's Quitting G.O.P. Race
South Carolina's The State newspaper is now endorsing Jon Huntsman in the Republican race. It's as if conservatives are playing "Wheel of Fortune;" every week they spin the wheel to see which of these interchangeable candidates is going to be the new kid on the block for a few days. And please ...
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Ballot box via ShutterstockAstounding. Despite their huge campaign staffs and multi-million dollar budgets, four of the GOP candidates for President of the US have failed to get on the ballot in Virginia. The hilarious irony in this is that it may be Republican-sponsored new regulations for checking signatures on petitions that ...
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Remember when GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman called out his Republican opponents for rejecting the science of evolution and climate change? That was just last August. In the three months since then, he's apparently decided to throw in his lot with the anti-science wing of the GOP. Speaking today at the ...
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In an interview for ABC News, Jon Huntsman called out his Republican opponents for rejecting the science of evolution and climate change. Tapper asked, "Were you just being cheeky or do you think there's a serious problem with what Governor Perry said?" Huntsman's response: "I think there's a serious problem. ...
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Think Jon Huntsman might be the only potential Republican presidential candidate who isn't obsessed with trying to destroy women's rights? Think again. Speaking today at the "Faith and Freedom Coalition" event sponsored by the thoroughly discredited and utterly corrupt Ralph Reed, Huntsman trumpeted his anti-women's rights credentials. Jon Huntsman aimed straight for ...
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Former ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, often touted as the most "moderate" of the possible Republican presidential candidates, told George Stephanopoulos this morning that he's fully on board with the GOP's plan to kill Medicare. George Stephanopoulos: How about Congressman Paul Ryan and (the) budget? Former Speaker Gingrich had some ...
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NBC News political director Chuck Todd is in China with a team covering Barack Obama’s visit, and when they asked US ambassador Jon Huntsman about the craziness wracking the Republican Party back in the States, Huntsman laconically replied, “It’s a good time to be in Beijing.” By the way, when ...
Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr., one of the very few top GOP politicians who isn’t a creationist, doesn’t oppose gay rights, and doesn’t issue blanket denials of climate change, will be Barack Obama’s ambassador to China. President Barack Obama named Republican Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. as his pick ...
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Utah’s Republican Governor Jon Huntsman is trying to talk the GOP down from the ledge. With the party reeling from Sen. Arlen Specter’s defection, a prominent moderate Republican governor is warning that GOP leaders in Washington have failed to offer a positive alternative to President Obama’s initiatives. “You can’t just say ...