Then there were two
The respected blog Politico says Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is emerging as a possible 2012 presidential contender. That should send a chill down Mitt Romney's spine. Who would command all that Mormon money?Of course, any chance for Huntsman, who politically falls to the left of Utah's Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson, would depend on the moderate and pragmatic arm of the GOP taking control. Huntsman told reporters at the Republican Governors Association in Miami:
We as Republicans can’t shy away from speaking the word environment and we shouldn’t shy away from speaking the words climate change. When you’ve got a body of science that already is rendering certain judgements about what is happening in our world, for us to shy away, say it doesn’t matter as an issue, I think is foolhardy, it’s short-sighted and it’s bound to do us damage in the longer-term.I can't imagine that coming out of Sarah Palin's mouth — or even the mouth of the current incarnation of Mitt for that matter.
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Why do you guys keep calling him moderate? Left of Matheson?
He cut taxes by $400 million in his first term.
He supported repeal of the corporate income tax.
He supported vouchers and supports charter schools and merit pay.
Huntsman and the legislature (so far) have balanced the budget by cutting spending, not raising taxes.
In substance, he's conservative. In style, he's moderate.
Pigs will fly before the evangelical republican party nominates a mormon for president. Evangelicals hate mormons almost as bad as they hate gays, and evangelical are all the GOP has left these days.
Huntsman vs Romney? Romney wins hands down!
Ditto what the "pigs will fly" commenter said.
The rest of the nation thinks Utah is populated by inbred, Mormon-freak hicks. (And is it? Opinions differ.) There is no way in hell a Utahn--let alone a Mormon--will become a national candidate. Huntsman might have a slim chance if he were governor of another state.
Pigs will fly before a Mormon is nominated for president? People said the same thing about an African-American being president.
Apparently, race is no longer an issue in American politics. But is religion still an issue? Probably.
It took decades of work before Americans would vote for a black president. The work to elect a Mormon is barely getting started, and even that's a stretch.
The big difference is that anti-black sentiment was restricted to social conservatives, but liberals always accepted blacks.
However, Mormons have opposition from liberals (think Bill Maher) and conservatives (think Evangelicals).
Besides, blacks outnumber Mormons by huge margins.
Also, blacks don't take crap from white people. Whites are afraid of blacks. Not just physically, but politically and legally as well.
No one is afraid of Mormons.
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