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Subscribe to RSSHUNTSMAN: Asked if he would he serve as Michele Bachmann’s vice president. if asked. "You know if you love this country you serve this country,” he said on CNN, per NBC’s Jo Ling Kent. “Everytime I've been asked to serve over different administrations from Reagan to the two Bushes to President Obama, I have the same answer. And that is if you love this country, you serve her.” Yet asked if he’d serve as Romney’s VP, Huntsman said, "There would be too many jokes about that. No, I can't imagine it at all."
He had plenty of criticism for his rivals. On Romney, he hit him for Massachusetts being 47th in job creation, for health care: "Creating Obamacare before Obama, the most despised and reviled health care legislation in the history of this country, doesn't cut it….” On Rick Perry: "I don't think - you can call the head of the Fed treasonous and expect to be taken seriously.”
The DNC goes up with a Web video using Jon Huntsman’s comments to hit the GOP field. “Don’t take it from us,” it’s called. The Huntsman team in response goes up with their own, called “Take it from me,” with a compilation of the former Utah governor criticizing President Obama.
PATAKI: NBC campaign embeds Andrew Rafferty, Jo Ling Kent, and Anthony Terrell report that former New York Gov. George Pataki's team confirms that he will attend the Polk County GOP picnic on Saturday. The local GOP says there may be a "major" announcement. However, Pataki spokesman David Catalfamo says regarding any major announcement, "At this point, I can only confirm he will be in attendance."
PERRY: Roll Call declares, “Texas Gov. Rick Perry has grabbed frontrunner status in South Carolina, ending several months of what had been a muddled race in this key Republican presidential primary state.”
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Perry's debut in the state, per the Des Moines Register: "I thought he was as relaxed and confident and at home at the Iowa State Fair as anybody I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen a lot of them. He comes from a farm background, he’s a former agriculture commissioner, he’s a graduate of Texas A&M."
Perry will attend Sen. Jim DeMint's Labor Day forum.
A longtime Texas reporter sets the record straight that Perry, while he did back then-candidate Al Gore in 1988, didn't have a pronounced role as Gore's state campaign chairman.
ROMNEY: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said yesterday he would unveil his jobs plan Sept. 6th, the same week as President Obama unveils his plan, NBC’s Garrett Haake reports.
The New York Times: “During remarks in New Hampshire in last month, Mitt Romney accused President Obama of ‘mission muddle’ for expanding United States operations in Libya beyond enforcing a no-fly zone to a wider goal of preventing Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi from attacking his own people. ‘Now the president is saying we have to remove Qaddafi,’ Mr. Romney said at the time, adding, ‘Who’s going to own Libya if we get rid of the government there?’”
“But on Monday evening, as the rebels surged through Tripoli, Mr. Romney told Neil Cavuto of Fox Business Network that “the world celebrates the idea of getting rid of Qaddafi.” And instead of assessing Mr. Obama’s actions, he called on a new Libyan government to extradite the man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.”
RYAN: Paul Ryan’s still not running for president.
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Huntsman impressed me last night...it's a shame I don't hvae the opporunity to cast a vote for him in a primary.
Was he critical of the President? Yes...but it a way that wasn't simply a man in search of a 5-second soundbite. He's got a lot more going on between his ears than the overwhelming majority of the GOP field I've seen so far.
Huntsman says he was against a default--nice to hear. Yet he raised his hand against a 10 to 1 cut to revenue proposal. It's refreshing that he's not anti-science, but he's definitely a pro-life social conservative. For every pro there is still a con, most notably his position on the so-called "job creators" and how taxing the rich and regulating corporations seems to be all that matters (yes, it did in the economic meltdown and Great Recession). The truth is the working class is the mass consumer-engine of the market, yet are so marginalized by the GOP/TP.
To Perry, etc. enough with the tort reform. Dems agreed to reasonable tort reform a long time ago, which we all know is a drop in the bucket of economic problems. Jon Stewart's math lesson on how conservatives reject 7 billion in revenue from the rich as being insignificant, yet it would take half of everything the poor has to equal 7 billion.
Now onward to the payroll tax cuts and whether letting this expire would be in violation of the Norquist pledge... At least these right-wing clowns admit tax cuts cause deficits! This is what happens when you spin too much -- You get twisted into a pretzel.
Huntsman? Bachman's VP?
And I was just beginning to respect Huntsman. He seemed like the sanest GOP candidate out there. Maybe he's thinking he could bring "balance" to the ticket...a sane person on the ticket would neutralize the crazy person.
Nope. I still wouldn't vote for Bachman, even if she had Huntsman campaigning with her.
Like as if you would ever vote for a Republican period.......
You Liberals have neutralized the word "crazy", the same as you have with "racist". The way it is constantly used to describe ELECTED officials have made it null and void.
IntheMiddle, TX: just because their elected, does not mean they are not crazy. Hopefully, by pointing out that certain ELECTED have rather "crazy" ideas, perhaps they will not be elected to higher office, or reelected to the office they currently hold.
IMHO, elimination of or severe reductions to our social safety net and severe reductions to government spending resulting in additional unemployment while simultaneously giving additonal tax breaks or continuing tax breaks to the the wealthiest in our country qualifies as "CRAZY." But that's just my opinion.
IMHO, deciding you want to eliminate the EPA, FDA, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Heath, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and the Federal Reserve because you think that they somehow violate the Constitution of the United States (even though that has already been decided by the US Supreme Court) because they hamper the ability of you, as the governor of one of the most undereducated states in the nation to control the population of your state is "CRAZY." However, that too, is just my opinion.
"There would be too many jokes about that. No, I can't imagine it at all"
He served under Presidents Reagan to Obama, he would serve in a Bachmann administration, but he wouldn't serve under Romney, because there would be too many jokes?Jokes like "Two Mormons walk into a bar..." ? I still think it's Strange.
Kind of my adjective for everything about this Republican lineup, from Cain to Santorum.
You Liberals are not voting for them anyway so what is the big news??????????????? Huntsman DO NOT have a chance in hell of becoming the Republican nominee. That is why he is out there talking out of his @zz. He is too soft and will be run over the same as McCain.
he is soft. Like a pillow.
You Liberals are not voting for them anyway so what is the big news???
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However, will will vote in The GOP Primary and their in nothing anyone can do about that.
Gov. Huntsman says something interesting -- "every time he's been asked to serve.." .through different administrations from Reagan to the Bush presidencies to President Obama -- he's done so. It's a very passive statement: what has he taken the initiative to do, what has he really wanted to do in life? He worked for his father (did he have to put forth a resume with relevant experience?) and he ran for governor of a small, very conservative state where his family's name is valuable. Was that service too, something he really wanted to do? and is that why it was so easy to leave when he was offered the chance to be ambassador to China?
huntsmans a good guy in a bad spot he is not an extrememist like the other gop.
Lets not forget he was one of the ten that raised his hand, saying he wouldn't except a ten to one cutting to revenue increase. He's just playing a different game now, his old game wasn't working. Don't be like the media and be fooled by one or two rational comments. Remember the wolf in sheep's clothing.
True, Mo -- Gov. Huntsman was governor and served concurrently with Govs. Romney, Perry, Pawlenty and Palin (he gave the intro for Palin at the GOP convention in 2008). How is it that he didn't notice any of their outlandish ideas at the time?
He might have been too busy actually running his state to deal with them. I mean, really, why would the Utah governor care about what the TX, MN, AK, and MS governors are doing. He might have even been amused, thinking, okay, "these are the idiots who are the leading Republicans of my generation ? Maybe I can be President."
So far very disappointing Republican candidates.
Palin, Bachmann, Donald and Perry will make a great BFF group.
On the other side we have Pawlenty look alike in Romney, Huntsman and Santorum and Pataki if he steps in.
Need some fresh and clean like Rubio from Florida.
I have a sick feeling Obama is going to win again.
Marco Rubio ? Why would we want another shill from Florida ?
Dirp101--
Marco Rubio? Ese malecon, come mierda, hijo de pu...? Are you serious? Or did you just hit your head?
from your mouth to God's ear.
Obama 2012.
Yes I am serious and please write posts in English, thank you.
Oh, Mad in CT was just having fun with you.
I don't see how Marco Rubio is at all qualified. If he does get a shot at VP, it would be a mistake. Dan Quayle of Indiana found out that being VP, without having experience, is a sure end to your political career.
The smarter candidates usually like to have a VP with a good amount of experience on Capital Hill. The Vice President usually is the one chosen to champion the Presidents agenda through Congress. Marco Rubio just does not yet have the clout, even within the Republican party. IF he is able to be reelected as Senator, then he will have sufficient clout.
However, I don't expect he will be reelected. I expect he will be running for the big chair in 2016.
There are no Republican / Tea party worth voting for.
“Witnessing the Republicans and the Democrats bicker over the U.S. debt is analogous to watching two drunks argue over a bar bill on the Titanic.”
Its a sad situation!!!!!!!
"OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE" THESE MEN JUST DON'T GET THE IDEA!!!!!!
REPUBLICANS / TEA PARTY "OF THE RICH FOR THE RICH AND BY THE RICH"
Yes it is going to be 2004 deja vu.
People wanted Bush out but he got second term anyways.
Obama is in the same situation.
Obama will win not because he is a good president but because the Republican party does not have any good candidates.
Jon Huntsman is the most intelligent and capable Republican in the room... but he doesn't stand a chance with the radical elements that have taken over the Party. Add to that the fact that he's a (shudder) Mormon, and you've got the kiss of death.
Romney/Rubio 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Romney cannot be trusted
Huntsman + Rubio might make better choice.
Huntsman might make a good President, but Rubio does not have enough Capitol Hill experience.
Calling huntsman the "most sane" person on Republican ticket is analogous to the "tallest" midget. If Repubs would get behind Romney and not let "mormonism" become a topic, they might have a slight chance in 2012. As is, Obama is unstoppable...
I can't vote for Romney, I don't know what his position is (the wind keeps changing.)
Huntsman can beat Obama by securing the independent vote. Heck, I would probably support him. It's a shame that there's almost no way on earth he could secure the Republican nomination.
Huntsman has and uses something that most 21st century Republicans frown on ---- a brain.
Obama-Huntsman 2012... Obama ditches the left (couldn't be that difficult for him, since they basically hate his guts after he betrayed them six ways to Sunday), Huntsman ditches the right. The Center for America..
hehe
sorry. couldn't resist. I'm kidding. Really.
Now wouldn't that be a dream ticket ?
Then, Huntsman and ? in 2016 ? Maybe a moderate Democrat.
Really shake up the political landscape. Form a new party by default since the far right and far left can no longer govern.
Cain, Gingrich & Paul - old uncles people are tuning out
Bachmann & Perry - shrill loudmouth gas bags full of hot air
Romney & Santorum – wishy-washy at best, no plans except 'I am not Obama'
Huntsman seems like last hope but the big money and tea party crowd will not allow him the nomination.
I am giving up on Republicans, let Obama get his second term even if undeserved.
Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!
Too soft? I think you mean too rational to win the republican nomination. The truth he speaks now hurts. He can't win so he might as well be honest.