Republican Jon Huntsman Big 2012 Problem — Barack Obama

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Republican Jon Huntsman Big 2012 Problem — Barack Obama
On February 1, 2011, in 2012 Elections, by Ezra Grant


Back in 2009, David Plouffe, Pres­i­dent Obama’s cam­paign man­ager expressed con­cerns about a Hunts­man run for pres­i­dent against Obama. Accord­ing to report­ing by ABC;

While no repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date yet makes Obama’s team “shake in {their} shoes…,” Pres­i­dent Obama’s cam­paign man­ager, David Plouffe, tells the U.S. News and World Report that Gov­er­nor Jon Hunts­man makes him, a “wee bit queasy…I think he’s really out there speak­ing a lot of truth about the direc­tion of the party.”

To ease Plouffe’s “queasi­ness,” the Admin­is­tra­tion hired Hunts­man later that month.

The work­ing rela­tion­ship with the Pres­i­dent is not only just some­thing Obama joked about. Some Repub­li­can strate­gists are express­ing real con­cern. In an effort to show the dif­fer­ence between Hunts­man and his clos­est Repub­li­can com­peti­tor Mitt Rom­ney, The Hill reports one Repub­li­can strate­gist as saying;

“It’s one thing to have to explain away a health­care plan,” said the strate­gist, reject­ing the argu­ment that Hunts­man can over­come his con­nec­tion to the pres­i­dent. “I just don’t see how you explain work­ing for Obama.”

http://ezkool.com/2011/02/republican-jon-huntsman-big-2012-problem-barack-obama/

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Blowing off the NH debate last night wasn't a good start.

One only has one chance to make a good first impression.

[boppers]

2. There will be more debates.

He'll have more chances.

[DCBob]

4. Strange he would not take a chance to get some exposure.. he has little name recognition now.

odd.

[center rising]

3. Huntsman didn't need to go to a debate 16 months before the election.