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13. Huntsman would've been dangerous to President Obama
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:24 AM
Sep 2012

Huntsman has been by far, the most successful GOP governor of the last three decades. His approval ratings while serving as Governor was ridiculously high, and Utah was near the top of all sorts of benchmarks during his two terms. Utah was even voted as the best managed state in the country during his tenure.

He would've appealed to the moderates in both parties, and the independents. In a non-tea party era, I think Huntsman would've clinched the GOP nomination. The fact that he was a personal friend of President Obama meant he never stood a chance with them.

I still remembered the way he smashed Romney during the debates on Afghanistan (for the record, Huntsman's position is almost identical to President Obama).

But his career in the Republican Party is effectively over now after he compared them to China's Communist Party.




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