2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJon Huntsman disses GOP, says Reagan couldn't win in today's GOP environment!!
Huntsman took some shots at Mitt Romney, saying his foreign policy on China makes no sense. Says Romney has to campaign less on fear, come up with some bold solutions to the country's problems, and provide a positive alternative to Obama.
Read more here!!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/jon-huntsman-trashes-gop-expresses-campaign-regre
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)He will do everythign opposite. Hey John, nice job sucking up to Rothschild when she and Arriana tried to pull off the centrist "Americans united." If any centrist wins in 2016, it will be the anointed one Hillary.
jenmito
(37,326 posts)while he was stil Obama's ambassador to China! He sounds like he's definitely going to run on the Americans Elect ticket.
MCN23
(1 post)I wouldn't be surprised if there ends up not being an Americans Elect ticket. I don't see that group getting off the ground.
CTyankee
(63,903 posts)I always suspected it was just a crypto-republican outfit, just like No Labels, another bunch of republicans flying under the radar...
MaineDem
(18,161 posts)I hope you're right though.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)and I knew he would never get the nomination.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)He has no credibility.
CTyankee
(63,903 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,407 posts)of "Johnny-come-lately" Republicans denouncing what most of us view as the extremism running rampant in today's GOP Tea Party. Huntsman was a little better than most of the Republican candidates during the primary but in the end he still endorsed practically the entire GOP Tea Party agenda in his futile attempt to win the GOP nomination, even muddying his previous unapologetic defense of his belief in global warming. Oh, yes, of course, he DID ultimately end up endorsing Mitt for POTUS.
It would be refreshing to (once again) see some elected Republicans trying to work with Democrats while they are still elected (in office) and able to actually DO something and make a difference instead of waiting to turn their barrels on them until they are out of office and, ultimately, powerless to really do anything, sometimes at even the expense of countless lives as what happened with Colin Powell and Iraq. Had Powell stood up to Bush and spoke out about the folly that Bush/Cheney were going to be getting us into in Iraq and the flimsy evidence they were using to get us to invade/occupy it, I believe that it might've slowed and/or stopped the rush to war that was proceeding apace at this time. He has bloodstains on his hand that he will never IMHO be able to get rid of by keeping his mouth shut and delivering evidence to the UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL that he KNEW to be unreliable and/or false.
My message to Republicans is this: If you don't like the extremist things your party is doing and putting in their platform planks, do something about it! Speak out! Vote against filibusters! Agree to work with Democrats on issues! Otherwise, if you keep your mouths shut, if you join them in their filibusters in the Senate, etc., then you are supporting/enabling the extremists!!!
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)musicblind
(4,484 posts)CTyankee
(63,903 posts)who turn right around, smile at the camera and say that of course they support Mitt, makes me want to slap them silly. They waste our time. They think they are adding value to the conversation and they are not...
Wait and see what Buddy Roemer will do...betcha he endorses Mitt, too.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,407 posts)is that the media treats "moderate" Republicans like Olympia Snowe as if they are somehow "above the fray" and qualified to speak about the evils of "partisanship" and how both parties are equally to blame for the ugliness when they are still supporting Republican filibusters and procedural tricks on every single piece of business.
CTyankee
(63,903 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,407 posts)Misery loves company!