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Subscribe to RSSPresident Obama has already -- tongue in cheek -- given potential GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman his endorsement. Huntsman, a former Utah governor, served as Obama's ambassador to China.
And now comes news that former Democratic President Jimmy Carter finds him a "very attractive" candidate.
The Hill reports:
Carter, the one-term president to whom conservatives sometimes gleefully compare Obama, told CNN that Jon Huntsman, the former Republican governor of Utah who resigned last Saturday as Obama's top diplomat in China, might make for Obama's best GOP challenger.
Carter said that Huntsman is "very attractive to me personally," but also said that his "intention is to vote for the Democratic candidate."
This will be Huntsman's challenge if he runs for president: being portrayed as the left-most candidate in an increasingly right-leaning Republican Party.
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Who would of guessed Jimmy has a 'man crush' on Johnny? lol
I would LOVE to see Huntsman run - he'd never make it out of IA, as he doesn't pass the bat sh!t crazy test!
Yes, He lusted over women too. Isn't he a bit old to be talking about attractive men?
As a left leaning Republican, he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell...unless hell is cold.
Boy, talk about trying to put stink on a Republican candidate.
Jimmy Carter??
Who, besides Jimmy Carter, cares what Jimmy Carter thinks??
Hell is cold if you want it to be hot, Ron. ;-)
This is way too easy. Don't tempt me.
hey jimmy, how you doing.
this is just like w. bush endorsing a candidate.
Republicans are not wise enough to support someone of that caliber. Jon won't stand a chance of making it past republicans until 2016. He is one of very few Republicans I respect but that may be why he'd have a tough time making it past republican voters. They seem to be more attracted to side shows like Trump or Palin.
I had heard of Huntsman as ambassador to China and that he was very good at the job. I understood through inferences that he had left the post--not to spend more time with his family--rather, to prepare a run for the WH. I believe this is what Carter is alluding to: the man's intelligence. P.S. Many forget but Jimmy Carter was a nuclear engineer after the peanut farming and before becoming President.
I'd make a joke about lusting after him in his heart, but that would be so tacky, and so unlike me. ;-)
Go Ahead Anna Molly. You always bring a smile to my face.
I live to serve, Ron. And that brought a smile to mine. :)
As for the joke, I see you beat me to it. Great minds ....
Maybe he meant in a Roselynn kind of way...
(Damn- just missed that lighting bolt!)
LoL Don't worry. There's always another one coming along shortly. ;-)
The Republicans have been down this road of letting Liberals influence the nomination (John McCain). Huntsman just got he kiss of death with that Obama endorsement and Carter's little tidbit. Obama endorsed the dude because he knows he will never get the nomination. This will be a waste of time and money.
Yes, it will. Yes, indeed, it will.
Personally, I think you should get behind Donald Trump, instead, ITM.
Because President Obama just trembles at the prospect of Donald Trump being his opponent in 2012.
We know this because Donald Trump said so. Although, to be perfectly fair, that was before that roasting the President gave Trump the other night, and also before this ....
LoL
From this reading: Real Clear Politics writes. “On one end of the spectrum is Huntsman, who has held a number of foreign jobs, and on the other is Michele Bachmann, who has just a few years of experience in the House and has been prone to gaffes. The rest of the field is somewhere in between, but they tend to fall closer to Bachmann's level of experience than Huntsman's.” new Quinnipiac poll shows that no potential candidates in the Republican presidential field breaks 20 percent, according to Bloomberg. Mitt Romney leads the pack with 18 percent. The Daily Caller has this tough headline: “Mitch Daniels isn’t ready to be president” I stand to reason that there's not many bright lights in the Republican party. And given the lower standards of the TEA party(ie:Palin/Bachmann) there might be real reason to worry. The sad part is there is the Toxic talking heads and their continued negative spewing may actually spur the really gullible to get out the vote.
I think Nancy Pelosi, Rachel Madow, and Acorn just endorsed him as well. Republicans should be excited about his prospects as a canidate.
Poor Huntsman. Run over by Jimmy.
President Carter is right. Of the available Republican candidates Huntsman is the most attractive. But we have an attractive President already who "get's the job done". Why experiment with another? Obama 2012.
Huntsman is not dumb. He will run in 2016.
I see the minions have already selected the GOP candidate to run against the current sitting Prez.
How wonderful to know the direction the American people will take in 2012! And here I am, thinking that the economy, inflation, deficit, excessive spending would influence who has the best plan to move the nation forward.
Thanks for your insight libbies.
safecracker,
Pretty presumptive of you to think your priorities are mine. But alas, you are a Republican always claiming to talk for the "American people" like the "American people" can't talk for themselves.
My priority is 1. JOB creation, whether public or private sector. 2. Universal Healthcare. Once these are established I'll hack away at our deficit which was caused by Bush/Cheney and their banking buddies.
This is the right order of things during a recession. Voodoo economics of Reagan/Bush don't work!
Ah AnaBanana,
You attempt to put words into other people's mouths. I don't recall being presumptive. And for speaking for the American people, the libbies apprear to know what is best for the masses. At least, from what I read and hear, the leaders of the administration believe they best know the direction we should all take.
I will, however, agree that we need to find methodology to impact the private sector job growth; the public sector has been growing for some time. And I start with the private sector, for this group creates, which benefits government. The public sector doesn't create more than cost. In my opinion, we have more than enough government employees.
Universal healthcare? If the Obama bill isn't defeated under the commerce clause, you will have you wish withing 3 to 5 years, for I can't see the program sustaining itself without going to government healthcare.
Bush aided the deficit, without question. Every President has, but you have to admit, the numbers support the large dollars this administration has added to the deficit in only 2.5 years. But then, he had control of the House and Senate, and be honest, there hasn't been a spending program that the Progressives haven't liked.
Voodoo economics? How do you define the Obama Spending programs?
Safecracker,
I guess you missed the "my priority" part. Reading is definitly not your forte is it?
Nope Ana,
I did not miss your priority. I can read, but your thought process just differs from mine. Not a thing wrong with either. I though, am always willing to listen to new ideas, no matter how dumb they may be in the final analysis.
Gotta love that large deficit Obama and the Progressive Party drove high, right?