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21. The teabaggers will be the end of the Republican Party with their purity tests and extreme ideas

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 12:23 AM

Nov 2012

that DO NOT appeal to most of America.

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"Obama’s campaign manager: Huntsman was biggest threat" [View all] applegrove Nov 2012 OP

people like him have no chance in the Repubican Primary JI7 Nov 2012 #1

Please don't throw me into that briar patch. Please! rzemanfl Nov 2012 #2

+ struggle4progress Nov 2012 #20

Agreed. They could call him that and Still Sensible Nov 2012 #3

I could see this mzteaze Nov 2012 #4

They had nothing to worry about. Sane people don't win GOP Primaries. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #5

I really, really, like Huntsman JanetLovesObama Nov 2012 #6

I knew this as soon as I started paying attention to the GOP primaries. Curmudgeoness Nov 2012 #7

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #33

Wow, that's a not-so-subtle putdown along with the content. JohnnyLib2 Nov 2012 #8

Now, that is some racist bullshit. nt cecilfirefox Nov 2012 #11

That's what I thought also. The only sane one of the bunch. northoftheborder Nov 2012 #13

i knew he would have been the biggest threat but madrchsod Nov 2012 #14

I always had a very distasteful feeling about Ron Paul. pangaia Nov 2012 #16

Great minds think alike. I said the same thing repeatedly on DU coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #17

Huntsman was far too moderate to appeal to the GOP's nutty base. Third Doctor Nov 2012 #18

He seemed the most reasonable out of Lex Nov 2012 #22

Just heard him speak a month ago and Sherman A1 Nov 2012 #29

Messina said he was the biggest threat, not that he would've won Hippo_Tron Nov 2012 #23

Messina is just playing mind games with the Republicans. grantcart Nov 2012 #24

He served as Ambassador to China, not Treasury Secretary Hippo_Tron Nov 2012 #25

Unfortunately Huntsman had to go through the Primary first. grantcart Nov 2012 #31

Not for nothing Cosmocat Nov 2012 #32

Not even Reagan would pass their conservative litmus test today davidn3600 Nov 2012 #30

I think Obama would've defeated Huntsman by a wider margin than Romney... Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #26

I also saw Huntsman as the biggest threat... FarPoint Nov 2012 #27

As an OP in at least one other DU thread points out, BlueMTexpat Nov 2012 #28