Krauthammer: Huntsman's 'Fatal Problem' as Candidate - People Like Newsweek's Evan Thomas Like Him
Newsweek's Evan Thomas said on Friday's "Inside Washington" that former Ambassador Jon Huntsman's big problem in getting the Republican presidential nomination is he's "too moderate" and "people like me like him."
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer humorously agreed saying this was a "fatal problem" for Huntsman (video follows with transcript and commentary):
EVAN THOMAS, NEWSWEEK: The 64 dollar question is Huntsman.
MARK SHIELDS, PBS: Yes.
THOMAS: I mean, Mitch Daniels was, was going to be great, except that his wife didn’t want him to do it, and I guess his polls were bad, so he’s not going to do it. He’s gone. But Huntsman is the big question, because he’s got some charisma which Pawlenty lacks. He is too moderate, people like me like him which is a big problem for him in the Republican Party…
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Absolutely a big problem.
THOMAS: …and probably a fatal problem.
KRAUTHAMMER: A fatal problem.
THOMAS: But he’s an attractive candidate, people are going to watch him.
Yes, but as Krauthammer pointed out on last Friday's "Inside Washington," mainstream media support of a Republican candidate is a Trojan horse.
Conservatives are far better off with a candidate people like Thomas hate.
Such a person shouldn't be too tough to find, should it?
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Huntsman's 'Fatal Problem' is a disease known as RINO-itis
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 1:57pm.
It is a mutation of another more serious illness spreading on the other side of the aisle known as commie-itis, and is a malady that has been growing unchecked for years that has now deeply infected the GOP at all levels.
We sent some people who had told us they were not susceptible to this illness to DC last November in an effort to halt its progression. Unfortunately, most of them appear to have contracted this hideous disease as well.
If it is not eradicated, or at least sharply brought under control within the next 18 months or so, it is going to combine with its parent disease and kill this republic so quickly you aren't going to believe it.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
One of the Symptoms of his RINO-itis
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 3:10pm.
Is his buying into the global warming scam.
His other big problem
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 3:01pm.
Who the heck is Jon Huntsman?
"He's not a bad man"
Submitted by Texndoc on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 3:13pm.
Nominate Huntsman or Romney and the Republicans commit financial suicide, THIS time. There will be a 3rd Party candidate. No holding the nose and voting RINO this time.
Huntsman: ""Just because he [Obama] has a different view, it doesn't make him a bad man." They'd love this man - no "anti-Obama meanspiritness!" from Huntsman, no sir.
Tex
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 10:42pm.
A 3rd party candidate means we lose.
Absolutely! Well said. It
Submitted by NC Cop on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 10:47pm.
Absolutely! Well said. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
No, it means that you lose.
Submitted by Tenebrous on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 12:58am.
-- you, and all the other gutless fools who support a Republican at all costs. Violate your conscience, if you have one. I will not violate mine. I voted for McCain last time, but not again! In fact, NEVER AGAIN!
Visions and Principles blog
Tenebrous.......If you won't support our Republican nominee,
Submitted by Rush Fan on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 1:49am.
regardless of who it is, does that mean you would rather see Obama reelected for four more years than vote for a Republican nominee that did not meet your expectations? Are you really saying that a RINO Republican, if that is who is nominated (let's hope not), is worse than Barack Obama? Even John McCain, who I had to hold my nose very tightly to vote for, would have been a better President than Barack Obama.
We need a conservative in The White House. But even more importantly, we need, we MUST send Barack Obama back to Illinois!
I believe there is a good chance that we will take the Senate in 2012. But if we don't have the Presidency, it will be very difficult to repeal ObamaCare, change our current energy policy, and pass other legislation that will finally head us in the right direction.
Jon Huntsman is as RINO as you can get, without being described
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 3:33pm.
as a Democrat or left-wing. In fact, in some circles Huntsman would be described as a LIBERAL.
For example, The Daily Caller has put together a VIDEO highlighting Huntsman's RINO positions. Huntsman also said the following about President Obama:
Finally, it is not only Lefty Evan Thomas who would like Huntsman to be the Republican running against Obama. CNN and Daily Beast contributor John Avalon, who also is a co-founder of NO LABELS, a supposedly "Centrist" group, but more accurately a Center Left group, writes in a CNN article titled: Why Democrats don't want Huntsman to run
Poll Question: When Evan
Submitted by shannon76 on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 7:48pm.
Poll Question: When Evan Thomas said that Huntsman has charisma, did you:
a. Laugh hysterically
b. Bust a lung
c. Shoot coffee out of your mouth and THEN bust a lung
d. (a) and THEN (b).
lol....
Too many Liberals-Pretending-To-Be-Journalists telling Republicans who their nominee should be. They're all a bunch of concern trolls.
Re: 3rd party
Submitted by ripper58 on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 7:36am.
if we put up another "McCain RINO" we lose anyway! 3rd party may be our only option as I will not let the likes of Evan Thomas pick my candidate for me...not again!!! The GOP should be absorbed by the TeaParty not the other way around.