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Re: Buzzkill: The problem with Huntsman hype

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I noticed on this morning's interview shows that the GOP is apparently testing out a new 'talking point'. When the conversation comes around to Pakistan and Afghanistan, you eventually hear the line "the MURDER of Bin Laden". You can bet that is Bush had managed to get him that the Republicans would have wanted to build a monument to celebrate the event and perhaps even have the Mint issue commemorative coins with Bush's image holding a smoking M-16.




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Buzzkill: The problem with Huntsman hype
By: clo
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Sun, 26 Jun 11 3:39 PM
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I have to say I agree, his rollout is a disappointment. clo

Buzzkill: The problem with Huntsman hype

By MIKE ALLEN & JIM VANDEHEI | 06/26/11 7:23 AM

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They see in the former Utah governor someone with the potential to remake Republican politics, and dislodge the Washington conventional wisdom that the main variable regarding President Barack Obama’s re-election is the state of the economy rather than the opposing candidate.

But there is a problem: Up close, Huntsman’s challenges as the supposedly “electable” candidate for the GOP nomination are unmistakable — and, by all measures of modern Republican politics, likely insurmountable.

For all his obvious gifts, and his potential appeal as a general election candidate, it seems to us Huntsman has two even more obvious problems. He’s got the wrong issues for a Republican nominating contest. And he’s got the wrong persona, especially for this angry moment in GOP politics.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57753.html#ixzz1QNnctmAY

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