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schmiss in ontd_political

So what am I so afraid of?

May 05, 2009 20:11

Obama's campaign manager fears Jon Huntsman the most in 2012

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david plouffe, john mccain, jon huntsman

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Re: BTW squid_ink May 6 2009, 01:52:20 UTC

I am saddened to say that

I get it :(

I AM THAT OLD

Re: BTW ladypolitik May 6 2009, 02:07:54 UTC

ilu.

Re: BTW erunamiryene May 6 2009, 02:37:33 UTC

AWESOME. :d

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schmiss May 6 2009, 01:49:09 UTC

If our Republican field is, let's say: Palin, Romney, Huckabee, Stanford, and Gingrich... Huntsman can win New Hampshire, Michigan, and Florida. If you throw Crist in the mix (which seems less and less likely since he might run for Senate), you take out Florida. If you throw Pawlenty in the mix, he has a harder time taking those states. Nevada is a toss up between Mittens and Huntsman but we'll give Huntsman the edge, since he's got a locational advantage.

Meanwhile, Huckabee or Palin take Iowa; Stanford takes South Carolina (duh) and Gingrich drops out with chagrin.

Super Tuesday comes... among those states, you got Maine, Colorado, Minnesota, Connecticut, Delaware and of course Utah. All bluish states that could go for Huntsman. With the others splitting up the far-right vote, he could conceivably have ~the edge~ to win it.

schmiss May 6 2009, 01:49:48 UTC

... and I mean Sanford instead of Stanford, duh.

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sideofzen May 6 2009, 01:51:15 UTC

Way too early for a moderate Republican because the GOP voting base (needed to win primaries) has shrunken down to mostly conservatives. I think Huntsman will make a go of it in '12, probably impress a lot of people, but will have a way better chance of the nomination in '16.

schmiss May 6 2009, 01:52:30 UTC

In my dream he makes a go of it, loses, and then runs on an awesome third party platform that takes all the sane people out of the GOP :D

sideofzen May 6 2009, 01:53:56 UTC

Would probably make a good VP candidate.

LOL @ planning the GOP future.

lizzy_someone May 6 2009, 04:59:17 UTC

Hey if anyone ever actually went for the bipartisan ticket idea that they floated while Obama was choosing (like Chuck Hagel, I forget if there was anyone else), I'd be pretty cool with Huntsman. But I don't think it would happen anyway.

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schmiss May 6 2009, 02:14:44 UTC

srsly it just goes to prove that even in the reddest of red states, all it takes is a person to stand up and say "hey let's make some progress" and the majority of people will be like "k".

Just like how the more states legalize gay marriage, the more it goes up in polling, because it becomes the norm.

sunoftheskye May 6 2009, 02:05:29 UTC

Imagine that. An election year where my options aren't glee or suicide.

ladypolitik May 6 2009, 02:08:26 UTC

LMAO

solitude_82 May 7 2009, 18:29:56 UTC

MTE LMAO