Well, the media has done a good job of making me concerned about Huntsman now

[BernieSandersIsGod]

They keep talking about this guy and now I can actually see him being a problem. They've talked me into it. Am I alone here?

[bemildred]

1. Never heard of him. nt

[alsame]

2. I think he could appeal to Independents if he makes it to

the General...but I have real doubts that he could win the GOP primary.

[FrenchieCat]

3. He's Handsome, and White.....

That's what some of us mean, when we say Black Folks have to be twice as good,
and work 4 times as hard....when all it takes for Democrats to quiver
is a Handsome White Dude with White Hair who without opening his mouth can just show up

There are a lot of folks that think just that way all over the United States....
that's why this country is as fucked up as it is.

[DevonRex]

8. You said exactly what i was thinking.

I'm just gonna let you talk for me from now on, dear FC.

[FrenchieCat]

11. Yep....that's all it takes these days.

Speaking in complete sentences while White gets one way far these days.

Meanwhile, most Democrats won't even acknowledge Pres. Obama's accomplishments,
and nitpick at everything he says and does....right down to every minutia.

But The White Guy?....well, he'll be a swell General Election candidate to fear!

Folks don't even realize how sad it all sounds.

[DevonRex]

13. Hell. Complete sentences are optional as long as

Short skirts and shotguns are included.

[MH1]

44. speaking in complete, coherent sentences seems to be a tough one for most GOPers

so it's no wonder they get all excited when they think they might have a candidate who can do that.

That is, the ones who can comprehend complete sentences get all excited.

[1stlady]

20. If thats the case

then why not fear Romney? He's ten times more attractive and younger looking than Huntsman. If you let the media get to you then you might as well give up. I watch msnbc and cnn all day, because my job has it on these channels with the volume low and I haven't seen them even mention this Huntsmen guy. I've heard more bout Daniels than this guy, but I seriously doubt the teabaggers would vote for anyone who worked for or praised Obama.

[MadMaddie]

24. Yep! That's what the media does

Huntsman is too moderate for the Repugs....watch for the change in him as he starts acting and talking more racist and radical.

[AlinPA]

4. The teabaggers, fundamentalists and the rest of the stupid republican base will reject him He

graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (Ivy League)and speaks in complete sentences. One of them intelleckshuell eefeet libruls and a Mormen. He will never get through the primaries.

[tanyev]

5. How in blazes would he win the GOP primary?

[Exilednight]

41. The RNC changed their primary rules. It's no long winner take all. Delegates are

parceled out equal to the percentage of votes won. In theory, all someone has to do is come in second place on a consistent basis and let a few outliers rotate the first place vote and one could easily win the Republican nomination.

[tularetom]

6. I wouldn't worry about him

He speaks way too intelligently to appeal to the knuckle dragger demographic.

He doesn't stand a chance in jesusland.

[flpoljunkie]

7. Huntsman would be their best general election candidate, but it's hard to see how he gets there--

with the Tea Party and hard right dominating the primaries.

[DevonRex]

9. Yes you're alone.

[Thrill]

10. Worried for what?

He'd never win a Republican Primary. And he's Mormon, cross off NC and VA

[customerserviceguy]

12. The folks who have been pushing him in the media

would really love to see him stir things up, and further fragment the Republicon party. It's a futile effort, as anyone in the reich wing who would vote for a Mormon in the first place would vote for the rich Mormon, Mitt Romney.

I guess there's the flip-flopper thing about Mitt, but if a Repuke voter is going to hold Mitt's old positions against him, then they have to acknowledge that such old positions are pretty much the ones Huntsman has now.

Don't worry, Huntsman is running for vice-president, as a potential sop to the Mormon voters who will be sorely disappointed that Mitt got screwed for the nomination when the chips finally came down. It's the top of the Rethug ticket that worries me.

[uponit7771]

14. How is he going to appeal to the large percentage of Palin voters? An Obama insider is NOT what...

...baggers would go for.

He's on their top list though

[DCBob]

15. Nobody.. I say NOBODY can beat Obama the Great!!!

Huntsman, Huntsboy, Huntsgirl, Huntsanything.. NOBODY!!

[nevergiveup]

16. If they think he could beat Obama

the righties will rally around Huntsman in a split second. His religion will be of little importance.

[AlinPA]

29. He is not stupid enough , not racist enough, not hate-filled enough and not crazy enough for

the teabagger-fundamentalist base.

[bluestateguy]

17. He and Romney will split the Mormon vote in the primaries

There is a large Mormon vote in the Nevada Republican primary (or caucus).

In any event, fundamentalist Christians won't vote for either of them (think Iowa and South Carolina).

[MadBadger]

18. He has no chance in the Primary. Just keep running any pic of him and Obama

Hes toast

[Kdillard]

19. Why would you believe anything the media is trying to sell?

The media wants a horse race. The media has been trying to sell and prop up all the repub candidates but if you examine them closely you can see they all have problems or have flamed out before they got started.

[That Guy 888]

21. They talked you into it too early...

Something about President Obama seems to drive his potential opponents into flop-sweat covered train wrecks within a month or two of being the 'pukes new "It" boy/girl.

I'll see a puke as a problem if they make it past three months. The Citizens United decision has me worried more.

[Arkana]

22. Huntsman's too sane to attract the people he needs to win.

Who is his base in the party? The teabaggers won't touch him because he's not nuts enough on social issues, and the business community has lined up behind Romney already. So barring a Romney implosion of cataclysmic proportions, Huntsman would have to self-fund just to get enough national exposure in time for Iowa.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Don't worry about him. If anyone is, it would be the Republicans.

But they will take care of him soon enough.

[Sheepshank]

25. The General GOp haven't figure out how to kick the Tea Partyiers to the curb yet.

While the TP'ers call so many shots Huntsman doesn't have a chance. He is w-a-y too moderate. 2012 election year will be the year for Huntsman to start getting some recognition.

BUT.........I have an inkling that the 2012 election will also be the demise of influence of TP'ers. Their call to rank and file GOPers to vote only for extreme Rw conservatives for office will back fire. The Tea party influence will have blown it's wad in 2012 and will leave things wide open for Huntsman in 2016. I honestly think that Obama has it in the bag 2012...any GOP'er in serious contention for the White House will be looking to 2016. I think THEN you can worry about Huntsman.

[Bake]

26. He's just another Rethug who will never be President.

Ho hum.

Bake

[OwnedByFerrets]

27. Is he white? Is he handsome? Is he rich? Would you want to have a

beer with him? Those are your qualifications for Preznit in the US of A.

[bigwillq]

32. Obama fits 3.5 of that criteria

Which is why he is Preznit! :P :rofl:

[jenmito]

28. If you watched Maddow's show tonight, you would've seen how many issues he has already

flip-flopped on. He's almost as bad as Romney.

[DCBob]

30. Yeah, he's got messy track record of conflicting positions that wont be easy to explain away.

The teabaggers certainly wont like him... he's too centrist.

[Tarheel_Dem]

31. Alas, thanks for the concern. If you're that impressionable, I'd turn off the teevee.

Just a suggestion. :hi: The media loves playing kingmaker, and opining about the inevitable horserace that ensues. IT'S ABOUT RATINGS!

[muriel_volestrangler]

33. In the latest poll of Repub primary voters, he polled, um, 0%

give or take.

Mitt Romney 20%
Sarah Palin 12%
Newt Gingrich 9%
...
Jon Huntsman 0%
...
Unsure 20%

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh12rep.htm

He's got a long way to go.

[AtomicKitten]

35. >1%.

He's flip-flopped on a lot of issues. It's the pre-flip-flop Huntsman that may have posed a challenge to Pres O. No worries about that though as Huntsman has come out squarely in favor of the Ryan Budget.

[muriel_volestrangler]

36. No, not 'more than 1%'

At most, 'less than 1%'. Quite probably less than 0.5% - that's why they called it '0%'.

In fact, looking at the full poll results, it was 1 respondent out of 468: http://www.suffolk.edu/images/content/FINAL.Suffolk.University.National.Survey.Marginals.May.17.2011.pdf

[AtomicKitten]

40. I was quoting a figure I saw on a CNN crawler.

But, like I said, his initial splash into the race revealed him to have kowtowed to the Ryan Budget right out of the gate. The GOP apparently think banding together on that sinking ship will prevent them from drowning.

[Vinca]

34. He said something nice about Obama once, so he doesn't have a chance.

[tnvoter]

37. you're alone, buddy.

[golfguru]

38. Stop worrying, Huntsman will not be the nominee..

repubs have a history of anointing "the next in line",
and Huntsman is the last in line.

[lunatica]

39. He was a pretty progressive Governor in a very red state (Utah)

He even defended gay marriage. He believed in working with both sides of the aisle. But his opening statements as a Presidential Candidate were the same crap they all have to say. He kissed Teabagger's ass right from the starting line.

[center rising]

42. Huntsman has no shot

Because of the crazies that infestate the Republican party.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

43. Mormons can't win in a Party of Evangelicals