Does Jon Huntsman Know What the ‘Colbert Bump’ Really Is?
- Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:30pm by
Eddie Scarry
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Fresh off his appearance Monday on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman spoke at George Washington University Tuesday night. He’s sure his interview on the comedy show will prove to be a benefit to his campaign.
“We got the ‘Colbert bump’ last night,” Huntsman joked to a full auditorium of more than 200 students and faculty. During his interview Monday, Stephen Colbert asked Huntsman if he was “ready for the Colbert bump,” a phenomenon in which political candidates get a surge in donations following an appearance on the comedy show. “I am so ready for the Colbert bump,” Huntsman replied.
But either Huntsman didn’t know what the “Colbert bump” is, or he didn‘t know it’s a boost exclusive to Democrats who appear on the show. Republicans see no gain, as reported by the “Washington Monthly” back in 2008. Here’s a graph they published to illustrate:
We asked Huntsman if he was aware that traditionally, the “Colbert bump” has only been experienced by Democrats who come on the show. “We’re going to put that to the test. I think we’re going to prove otherwise,” he told The Blaze.
Huntsman’s daughters were in tow for the the speech. “If you can’t find anything to like about me,” Huntsman said, “you’re going to find something to like about my daughters.” He asked them to stand. One wore a Burberry shawl, another hipster eyeglasses and the third, a purple dress that matched the candidate’s tie.
Per usual, they tweeted from the event:
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NOT A CRAZY
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:17amWho is Huntsman?
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 11:49amHe’s the guy who mocks Chinese people..HA HA. No flied lice for you Johnny
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:57amDoes Jon Huntsman Know What the ‘Colbert Bump’ Really Is?
Of course he knows. It’s that little, almost un noticable, lump that looks like a half a roll of pennies in his pocket. It‘s what gives Colbert his ’strength.’
Report Post »jessieH
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:13amMost people don’t like Colbert. I can’t see how being on his crummy show would help anyone.
Report Post »RighteousTyrant
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:44amActually, most do, hence his show still being on after like 6 years. How long did Beck’s show last?
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 11:33amYou are right, most people don’t like Colbert. The only reason he is still on after six long boring years is because Rosie has turned them down.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:36pmNonsense.. Colbert is huge.. He sponsored the US speed skating!
Report Post »leftisneverright
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:52pm@Righteous….
How well is Colbert doing with his own network? Oh, yeah…he doesn’t have one!
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:04amA little advice Jon. The Colbert bump………..don’t swallow it!
Report Post »rdk
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:20amHuntsman is smart but not likeable.
Report Post »mils
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:25amHe’s smart (?) with an air of elitism about him. His home state does not back him. It appears JR won for gov because everybody loves his dad.
Report Post »He’s a wimpy, trying so hard to walk the middle ground man..HE’S A DEMOCRAT AT HEART FOLKS.
..except the abortion platform.
JR has never worked a real job in his life.
Not to worry…he does not have a snowballs chance in hell of winning.
I think he was Obama’s pick
JRook
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:58amHe is way too intelligent, practical, reasonable and honest to be liked by many.
Report Post »TWO BITS
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:11amSpeaking Mandarin and playing Chopsticks on piano will be useful when the Chinese foreclose on America. For now, I’m still banking on a reprieve.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:01amI’m sure Daddy will give you a financial “bump” when you need one Jon Jon.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:40amNow now, don’t be slamming the inheritance of opportunity, you make W and Willard look bad.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:54amW made his own money and who cares about Mitt? He’s just like Huntsman, just learned to hide it better this time around.
Report Post »Survivor101
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:14amWritten in the Weekly Standard Blog today: And the fact that people question his true conservatism is hardly a disqualifier from the GOP nomination, if history is any guide. After all, people questioned the beliefs of George H. W. Bush, Bob Dole, and John McCain, and they all won the nomination.”
This was in reference to strong points of Romney. Must truly be the beliefs of the eastern blue blood RINOS. If Bush 41 had been a string conservative (read my lips, no new taxes) he would not have reached across the aisle like his son did as well. They need a good dose of TEA at the Weekly Standard. I enjoy Crystal on Fox Sunday – but this nonsense keep popping up.
Report Post »Survivor101
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:24amI bring it up as a RINO like huntsman must be a fallback candidate for establishment republicans if Romney falls from their polling graces. Wonder why there is not the dust-up over Romney and his visit to Ohio like there was for the stupid ad pushed by Cain manager. Ultimately, the Cain ad was a push to get the narcissistic manager some recognition – a fringe guy that desires attention.
Report Post »Now that I think about it – the Standard had the video of the commercial plastered all over yesterday…huh…habits of RINOS die hard and it appears they resemble the MSM.
kralspaces
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:23amHuntsman, Romney and Bush are all supportive of NWO (Agenda 21). No thank you.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:04amIf Huntsman gets a bump, it’ll no doubt be a democrat bump! I don’t think anything Huntsman has is GOP including bumps!
Report Post »Survivor101
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:15amI bet he is the establishment fall back if Romney slides…
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:50amI consider him a notch above Romney. At least for most things he’s been consistent and did Republican things in his State. Sure he’ll make noise about MMGW but nothing could come of it. So if Cain, Paul, Newt, Johnson, Santorum, Bachmann, and maybe Jimmy McMillan go down in a plane, then Huntsman has my vote.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:13am@ Down2theC
Huntsman was mostly “consistent and did Republican things in his State.” Ummmm . . . no, actually he was as progressive as he could be as Gov. of Utah. He campaigned for the nomination in favor of school choice and in favor of the Utah State Constitutional Ammendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman (and which prohibited state laws giving same sex couples essentially the same rights as married couples). He won the nomination. He was elected governor. The constitutional amendment passed. Then he wouldn’t support vouchers. Then the Republican-controlled senate had to stop the confirmation of a progressive Hunstman appointee for the utah Supreme Court. Then Huntsman said that he would support “domestic partnership” laws in Utah. How was the clown consistent? Oh, and “a notch above Romney”? That is a hoot. Romney had a solidly Democrat General Court (that’s the Massachusetts term for their legislature — I like it) to work with while Huntsman had a solidly Republican legislature in Utah. Huntsman was constantly making snide remaks about the legislature — he relished being at odds with the conservatives in Utah. While Gov. Herbert isn’t the best, Obumbler sure did Utah a favor by sending Huntsman to China.
Report Post »1bambam
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:33amIs everybody as sick of Kroutheimer, Rove, O‘reilly and Krystal as I am I’d rather listen to Ubama speak then listen to those looses and I can’t stand listening to Ubama
Report Post »Longing for Change
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:11amDown2TheC:
Don’t forget that Jon is one of “Dingy” Harry Reid’s BIGGEST supporters. That is, I believe, the main reason Jon would not show up to the Las Vegas debate. Jon has literally given hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Harry stay in office.
And yes, Jon is VERY MUCH a PROGRESSIVE in every sense of the word. Being from Utah I was very glad when Jon was no longer in office. I would not vote for Jon unless he was the only choice against Obama.
Report Post »brandonmerrill
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:53am@Chuck Stein and @Longing for change Most people support the domestic partnership laws in Utah including the LDS church and the SLC city council and most state congressman so that really isnt progressive. He created tons of jobs, he got rid of the Utah income tax and replaced it with a flat tax,and lowered all taxes in the state of Utah, and your “fact” that he never gave the vouchers…well the fact is the legislature opposed the vouchers but still implemented it and at the time it was implemented back in 2007 it was the largest school voucher program in the nation. Also implemented some of the strictest abortions laws in the nation. Under him Utah was first to implement the “show the woman the fetus picture”law, he also loosened Utah’s already very loose gun laws. He still has a very strong support in Utah and had a 80% approval when he left office and the haters only came out after he accepted a position from Obama to become the ambassador to China and saw him a some kind of a traitor. So i guess its true what they say “Haters gonna hate”
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:19amHe’s the one candidate who could beat Obama by getting moderate votes. That said, ANYONE ELSE :o)
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:47amI saw a video of Huntsman at a protest by the chinese of their government. He was interviewed by a chinese blogger and spoke with him in perfect Mandarin. The video was subtitled. They asked what he was doing there, and he seemed honestly surprised that anyone knew who he was. He refused to answer and left. There is nothing GOP about that man, he’s a mole. I consider him a step BELOW Romney, who is also far to liberal to be GOP.
Report Post »GeorgieBaby
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:06pmJon is also deceitful. During the 2008 primary campaign, he said he was going to support Romney. Romney and his wife met with Huntsman and his wife for dinner to discuss. Romney laid out his campaign strategy. Shortly thereafter, Jon Huntsman became one of the McCain campaign finance committee chairs – taking Romney’s stragegy with him to the McCain camp.
For more info: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030305195.html
That Huntsman isn’t trying very hard to win the Republican nomination should raise red flags. He seems to be just showing up, going to typical liberal media outlets and winning them over. I have always felt, and do predict here on The Blaze, that he does not WANT to win the Republican nomination. He‘s just building name recognition to do something in Obama’s campaign. I even propose that Huntsman might be a replacement for Biden. Just think for a few minutes how that might play out against Romney as the GOP candidate? Think really hard, don’t just react.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:17pm@ Longing for Change
Report Post »Wow. I wonder how I missed that. It sure figures, though — Harry Reid & Jon Huntsman are very close politically.
@ Brandonmerrill
A lot of misinformation in your post
“Most people support the domestic partnership laws in Utah including the LDS church and the SLC city council and most state congressman so that really isnt progressive.” Wrong, you might be thinking of “benefits” — but that is different from establishing a legal “domestic partner” legal status.
“He created tons of jobs” Wrong. Utahns created those jobs. “he got rid of the Utah income tax and replaced it with a flat tax” Wrong — Utah still has an income tax, but it is a flat tax. He “lowered all taxes in the state of Utah” — really? How do you know? Are you up on the tax rates in all counties? Also, I never presented as “fact” that he “never gave the vouchers” — I wrote that “he wouldn’t support vouchers”. See the difference? Huntsman stood on the sidelines.
“He still has a very strong support in Utah” — sure, among Democrats in particular.
Also, I never considered him a “traitor” for going to China as ambassador — I considered it sweet relief.
Amica
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:21pmConsistent? Yes…he will consistently bag out on something if a better offer comes along.
Report Post »db321
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:43amLets see America made a big mistake voting in our President last time – maybe MSNBC will help us make the right decision next time. Don’t hold your breath!
Report Post »ezalbeht666
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:29amThe bigger question is, does Jon Huntsman know that Stephen Colbert of the “Colbert Report” is a fictional character played by actor “Stephen Colbert”
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:14amIronically, He DOES get the Colbert bump. Dude is on msnbc all the time, and boy, oh boy, do they love him…almost as much as they fawn all over Christie. I‘m sure his poll ratings will go up with I’s that lean left and D‘s that can’t stand BO. He is banking on putting all his effort in NH. can‘t figure ow he thinks that’s a winning proposition, but they sure do love him up there in the northeast. Once again, shocker.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:47amI agree. Huntsman will get the bump because he is more like a Democrat than a Republican. He is a a man made global warming believer.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:36amDoesn’t matter what Dems think, what matters is the bigRepublibuck$ (Rove, Ailes, and posse.) The script is written folks, and not on the left.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:42amI still haven’t figured out why this guy is even running???
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:42amDaddy… has lots of Money!
Report Post »1bambam
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:28amHis father is a very successful and good man….it’s the trying to please daddy syndrome because Jon Huntsman has such a low self esteem he keeps trying to show daddy how successful he is and he realizes he never measures up to one tenth the man his father is so this is his next attempt to please daddy …look at me daddy I’m president of the USA (he wishes) ….looser
Report Post »GeorgieBaby
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:16pm@1BAMBAM. Give me a break. There is nothing wrong with Jon Huntsman Jr.’s self-esteem. And it is not about his father’s money. I must say that I have a high opinion of the father. Low opinion of the son.
To judge one or the other upon the merits or the works of the other is wrong. Huntsman Sr. stands as his own man. Huntsman Jr. stands as his own man.
Huntsman has taken his own path in life, very different from his father’s. It was about choice, not measuring up.
Report Post »victorincalifornia
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:55pmguys a joke, ship without a rudder. Cains the real deal, I like his commercials, no pandering, just off the wall comic relief, he’s pro-life and limited gov
Report Post »brandonmerrill
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:55amhe doesnt even know if he is pro life ha hes absolutely pro life but thinks the woman should decide which to me sounds like pro-choice….
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:49pmDoes he know that he was Dis-ed? This is really sad!
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:44pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »If a candidate feels he must stoop to whoring out his own daughters for votes, he must be a desperate democrat or R.I.N.O.
VOTE OUT THE RINOS IN THE PRIMARIES !!!!!!!!!!!
Then VOTE OUT the dems in the general !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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db321
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:44amExcellent Plan!
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:39pmJon who?
Report Post »victorincalifornia
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:23pmHe’s pandering to colbert and matthews, who’s advising him and why is he listening to them ?
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:39pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »Because he’s a RINO!!!
VOTE OUT THE RINOS IN THE PRIMARIES !!!!!!!!!!!
Then vote out the dems in the general !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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your sensei
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:42amRINOS are your only chance.
Report Post »victorincalifornia
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:15pmHuntsmans campaign is a train wreck and he doubles down, next stop will be Mahers show to trash any other republicans name that comes up. No Huntsman I don‘t see anything I like in you and I’m not interested in your daughters you freak
Report Post »victorincalifornia
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:12pmFar religious right, what does that mean ? Pro-life, and ?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:06pmEven if he bumps .. he is still out of it! DemocRAT that he really is.
TEA!
Cain/Rubio 2012!
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:42amLook! You said “rat” at the end of Democrat. That’s funny. How DO you come up with such fresh and compelling commentary? Maybe you can work on something with “pubes” for the Republicans. Meanwhile, us liberals will have to be content with Tea Buggeers.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:02pmI wonder if we will see candidates who are not like children?
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:01pm“. . . traditionally, the “Colbert bump” has only been experienced by Democrats who come on the show” . . . and Jon Huntsman is essentially a Democrat. What’s the problem?
Report Post »KingArthurUp
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:00pmColbert pronounced COAL BERT… has always been a liberal hack. It is funny how his show in the beginning was less covertly liberally biased. Only when the producers realized they were actually appealing to the mainstream of America did they make him into the buffoon you see today.
Huntsman is history… he will not shake the fact that he is an Odumba appointee.
Report Post »LiberalMarine
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:59pmI’m pretty sure he knows what it is since he is one of the few people trying to get moderate votes as well instead of pandering to the far religious right.
Report Post »KingArthurUp
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:03pmPandering to the far religious right??? He is a mormon you *******….LOL
Report Post »LiberalMarine
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:17pmSo what? He still isn’t pandering.
Report Post »UrbanCombatSurvivor
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:22pmI have to challenge you here…
Ron Paul is “pandering to the far religious right”? If so, PLEASE back that up with some links. I don’t believe Ron Paul has ever pandered, not once, in his entire political career…
Report Post »LiberalMarine
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:28pmI don’t think Ron Paul is pandering, that’s why I said one of the few.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:02am@ LiberalMarine
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:17pm
So what? He still isn’t pandering.
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Where I come from they call that prostituting. Huntsmans religion decides his issues on pro life. Far left progressivism drives all else. He’s been exposed for a while now.