Huntsman Lays out 2012 Strategy in Interview With AP
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NORTH CONWAY, N.H. (AP) — Toeing the 2012 line, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman sounded like a full-fledged White House candidate Saturday set to join the field this month as he mapped out a campaign strategy that bypasses early-voting Iowa to focus on New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.
In an Associated Press interview during a visit to New Hampshire’s rural North Country, Huntsman said his party’s nomination race has “never been this wide open.” The unsettled nature, he said, benefits the kind of campaign he’s preparing to undertake.
“That uncertainty is good. It allows people to get in, assess, express their opinions, see whether their ideas rise or fall. … It’s unlike any other election cycle in recent history,” Huntsman said between stops.
Just five weeks removed as President Barack Obama’s ambassador to China, Huntsman said the GOP campaign at this point is about personalities, not policy, but that will change as the field firms up.
“This is the marketplace of political ideas. This is how America operates,” Huntsman said. “It’s a free market. It’s free-wheeling. From the outside, it looks unpredictable. … There’s a circus-like free market.”
He’s not rushing to join that circus. He’s skipping a debate June 13 in New Hampshire; he said he won’t be an official candidate by then.
Iowa’s lead-off caucuses are out for him, Huntsman said, because of his opposition to subsidies for corn-based ethanol. Why waste time trying to court Iowa voters who see that support as a way of life and a deal-breaker, he said.
“I’m not competing in Iowa for a reason,” he said.
Look for him a lot in New Hampshire, where independent voters who can cast ballots in either party’s primary are the largest political bloc. They twice rewarded Arizona Sen. John McCain in his presidential campaigns; many of Huntsman’s advisers are veterans of those runs.
Then it’s on to South Carolina, which is open to anyone, and then to Florida, which he called his “make-or-break state.” Television ads hold huge sway in Florida and Huntsman, a successful and wealthy businessman, could blanket the airwaves with ads if he makes it that far.
During a three-day New Hampshire swing to introduce himself to voters who have the nation’s first primary, he held court at breakfast, indulged in ice cream at a fair and dropped by a veterans’ hall.
That kind of campaigning, a hallmark of this state, contrasted with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s visit last week, when she was treated more as a celebrity that a potential contender, or former Massachusetts’ Gov. Mitt Romney’s choreographed race-entering announcement on Thursday.
Huntsman is trying to portray himself as what an “honest broker” willing to say what others will not. For instance:
-He said the next budget should consider cuts in defense spending, sacrosanct for hawkish Republicans. “If we can’t find cuts in the defense budget, we’re not looking carefully enough,” he said.
-He isn’t eager to dispatch U.S. military might. “We need to look at a map and say, realistically, `Where do we need to be?’ They all add up and they all cost us something.”
-America‘s economic decline hasn’t been solely Democrats’ fault. “It’s happened now during many administrations. … It’s taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.”
He said he understands that approach may not be the best political course.
“If you go down talking about it, that’s OK. What is important is that you’re honest with the American people. They’re ready for that kind of discussion,” Huntsman said.
Huntsman said his role will be to make certain that the candidates are talking seriously about fixing Washington, from spending to entitlement programs such as Social Security that many have declared off limits.
“If you’re looking to cut a family budget or a business table, you put everything on the table. You don’t automatically dismiss things as sacred cows,” he said. “It’s just not intellectually defensible. … Any other approach would smack of politics. I don’t think we can afford to do that.”
Huntsman, who served three Republican administrations, said his time as envoy in Beijing for a Democratic president would not be the disqualifier some have predicted.
He cited Gen. David Petraeus, Obama’s pick to lead the CIA, and outgoing Defense Secretary Bob Gates; their service dates to the George W. Bush administration.
“They are representing every American’s interests,” Huntsman said.
They are not, however, running for president against the man who put them in their current jobs.
“I‘m surprised that we’ve gotten to a point where we don’t put our country first and put our party first. … Accepting an assignment from everyone’s president during a time of war, during a time of economic hardship is putting your country first.
“I won’t shy away from that,” he said. “If someone wants to hold that against me, they can.”
He said in the interview that he wasn’t certain about his presidential ambitions before accepting the China post.
“Sometimes you don’t see yourself the way other people do. It wasn’t something that was a burning desire within, you know?”
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Hemingway in Cuba
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:58amThe GOP field, with a few exceptions, is a circus of media personalities. Look at the fodder we have been fed for the last year: Palin, Gingrich, Trump and to a lessor extend Cain.
We need a statesman, or stateswoman of course, to lead this country. So tired of the media darlings with no substance. We don’t need a Republican Obama.
I am not saying Huntsman is the guy, but I am leaning toward Ron Paul. At least the guy is consistent and stands with constitutional principles. He speaks what he knows to be the truth and not what will be the most popular. That is a profile in courage.
Report Post »LukeAppling
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:27amI do not not know enough about Huntsman so far. I do not hold it against him that he went behind enemy lines against Obama or his Mormonism. Ilike his ethanol stance which is an enormous boondoggle for America benefitting midwest states and costing us more in food prices and energy because it is not as efficients as, guess what… gasoline.
Report Post »I want some one who will end our energy dependence with drilling for oil which provides an abundance of resources with the expertise to manage it along with millions of high-paying jobs.Also it would end the environmentalist lobbying and ther attorneys demagoguing the issue. I also want someone who will institute a Fair Tax, Term Limits, stop the legal rape of America like the Pigford scam,and reduce all government by 50% in costs, employees and time spent in Washington.
If we get serious about the legal rape of America we can reduce our costs dramatically and make our lives easier. End the ACLU and their scam that has been going on for 50 years. We have far too many laws, far too many lawyers, far too many judges, far too many laws being written, far too many regualtions being put upon us under the cover of darkness of which we will not be aware until Obama has departed and the lawyers begin suing for the laws being broken although we know nothing about them, it is a legal rape of America.
sjohn70037
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:27amWho?
Report Post »Jack2011
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:13amYet ANOTHER RINO! Give us a break.
Go Cain!
Report Post »wahoowa96
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:01amHis criticism of the stimulus when he was governor was that it wasn’t large ENOUGH. That’s all I need to know about a central planning, big government RINO.
Report Post »bcope01
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:00amRinos should stay in the zoo.
Report Post »drago
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:15amAnother rino commie….nuff said………
Report Post »dsm
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:02amAbsolutely do not trust this guy. Anybody that has worked under Obama is tainted. Huntsman has to fall in line somewhat with Obama’s beliefs or Obama would have never considered him for any position. Everything I have heard or read about Huntsman he is definitely a rino. I would vot for a shoe before I would vote for a RINO.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:00amJust what we need, another “Jim Jones” cult figure to feed us coolaide….
Report Post »Sherryb50
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 7:31amRINO, go away Mr. Huntsman, the people have awakened. We will not be hoodwinked or lied to any more by progressive rino republicans. The republican elites should wake up too. No more telling us who will get the nomination. It’s who, we the people want. Not the elites. I will not give to the republican national committee. I will give contributions to the candidates that share my values. Sorry about the rant.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:42amI REALLY don’t know why Huntsman is even running. He has Obama cooties all over him. He shouldn’t waste one cent running for President.
Report Post »Grannie4news
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:18am@operationnorthwoods: I see you believe everything you read or hear huh? I am LDS and it just might
Report Post »surprise you to find out we ARE Christians too. Just because someone is LDS doesn.t mean we all think alike either. I hope I will not have to hold my nose again and vote for another RINO like last time. Both Romney and Hunstman are definenately not conservative enough for me to vote for either one. If Sarah runs hope she keeps McCain out of sight and out of mind or she will fail for sure.
glennisright.com
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:05amIn the ‘08 primary, Guliani skippedd a few states at the beginning also, and never recovered. Hopefully that is what happens here as Huntsman is a weak excuse for conservatism. This will all be pointed out as his past statements and policies as Governor of Utah are brought to light.
glennisright.com
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:02amI have had about enough of these phoney rich guys thinking thty can buy the presidency. Get this prog RINO out of my face, and I mean NOW.
Report Post »timetobelievenow
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:54amDoes he realize something about > circus-like free market and serious about fixing Washington < ?
“This is the marketplace of political ideas. This is how America operates,” Huntsman said. “It’s a free market. It’s free-wheeling. From the outside, it looks unpredictable. … There’s a circus-like free market.”
Report Post »Apparently he does know something . . . could it be this piece of gem he is talking about ?
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/federal-prison-director-takes-job-private-prison-company
OperationNorthwoods
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:50amMany christians are not comfortable with people who come from a luciferian masonic cult.
Report Post »ShockNAwe
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:15amSounds like OperationNothWoods is literary out in the woods on this comment. You obviously don’t know about our religion, so let’s try and stick to the issues.
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:27pmAren’t cults usually sort of small, and consisting of a few weirdos with lots of talk about UFOs, a general shunning of society, and frequent death/harm? I mean, isn’t this what “cults” usually invoke in our minds? I don’t picture cults having worldwide appeal, lengthy and stable duration, a diverse membership base, spiritual (not to mention financial) success, millions of $ and hours donated to disaster victims and needy causes, an established artistic appeal to the general populace (Mormon Tabernacle Choir), numerous well-known and influential members, and the list goes on. I’m just not making the “cult” connection, I’m sorry. I know it’s fun and seemingly effective to call any religion that you vehemently disagree with on doctrinal points a cult, but let’s be reasonable here.
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:37pmI think the real cults are those that are all hung up about cults and can’t stop talking about them.
Report Post »PerniciousD
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:55pmLetUsReason,
Tell me men live on the moon. I might believe it. But Tabernacle Choir and artistic appeal? You actually like the music? Snoooooze. I’m sure you break with Huntsman on that point.
Report Post »teddlybar
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:49amHey folks. Instead of chewing up and spitting out our own, how about we do what we’re supposed to do to choose candidates . . . listen to and evaluate their ideas and proposals, look at their records (if they have one), ascertain what qualifications they really have FOR office, and whether or not they have the organization and organizational skills to put together a well run national campaign. Let’s keep the focus on having candidates that can win in the marketplace of ideas and make sure that we clearly show how bankrupt progressive liberalism is. Let’s give the electorate something to vote FOR instead of simply against.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 6:04amUmm, Teddly– have you been reading th e comments? They ARE choosing nad evaluating…
Report Post »JawaJam
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:52amPatty Henry what does his religion have to do with this? And if by your logic we should only have one person from each religion running won’t we miss out on the possibility that there might be two or even three people who are Lutheran, Born Again, Methodist, or heaven forbid Mormon contributing to the pool of potential candidates. Also in the honest of full disclosure I am LDS or Mormon if you prefer.
Report Post »mill
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:15amI agree with you. We should not vote for or against Hunstman because he is or is not Mormon. That should not enter into the picture. However, I would not vote for him because we know who he is aside fro his religion. America voted skin color last time, and we lost big time on the home front,I hope we do not get caught up in the candidate’s religions.
Report Post »JawaJam
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:06pmThanks Mill,
Report Post »I will not vote for him either because he is really a progressive liberal but excluding someone from throwing their hat into the ring because of their religion really bugs me.
PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:35amI‘d vote for Satan himself to stay in the white house before I’d vote for a crummy RINO…at least with Satan we know what we’re getting.
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:59amPatty,
Report Post »If you compare every GOP candidate on every issue and then compare them to traditional Republican values (as best described by Thomas Jefferson), Ron Paul is the only one who is not a Rino.
PatriotSmith
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:48amShoot you’d vote for Satan over Huntsman?? I’d personally like to avoid going to hell…
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:36pmeverything you say is nonsense
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:34amLET’S SEE IF THEY will post my ANTI- HUNTSMAN Thoughts…. NOI on HUNTSMAN…NEVER!!
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:45pm@Patty Henry
Report Post »Amen, Amen I say to you…. you’re right on target, we need candidates who are for the people and not for the Party!!!!
OnTheBrink
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 7:35pmRE: your statement referring to Glenn as much more of a catholic in his beliefs…
With all due or undue respect…you don‘t have a clue what you’re typing.
I am a Mormon and I was raised in a family with a Catholic mother and Mormon father, sorry patty but Mormons have more integrity than any other christian group I have known. I have grown up in both churches and have to say that the Latter Day Saints have got it RIGHT!
And Glenn is just as much of a faithful Mormon as Gov. Huntsman.
So save your “SLY” remarks.
Report Post »PerniciousD
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:47pmONTHEBRINK . . . you’re not doing a lot for the reputation of your faith with your “crowing”. It’s self-righteous, and with no cause.
Report Post »BrownEyedGirl
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:24amAsk anyone here in Utah about him. He is a progressive.
Report Post »kreese
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:24amDoes he support “Cap & Trade?”
Report Post »AZBabe
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:17amNO Huntsman, NO way! He’s a progressive republican being pushed by the Bushes and the establishment republicans…NO THANKS!
Report Post »mill
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:10amHe is a ….RINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINO
Report Post »RINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINORINO…and couldn’t beat Obama anyway..he will be the democrat shill
bbquizzle
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:56amProgressive. Scratch him off the list.
Mr. Huntsman Sr, where did Junior go wrong?
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:56amHuntsman’s a Democrat.
Report Post »PerniciousD
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:26amHuntsman could win it all.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:46amThat would be An American Tragedy!
Report Post »101
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:18amVideo of US Ambassador Jon Huntsman at “Jasmine Revolution” protests…hmmm ?
http://shanghaiist.com/2011/02/24/video-jon-huntsman-jasmine-revolution.php
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:32amGOOD, GOOD GRIEF!!!!! SORRY…THERE’S ONLY room for one Mormon on the ticket…sorry GLENN, but you’re much more a Catholic in your beliefs…and CERTAINLY NOT SOME RINO….all we need is another RICH MAN‘S SON to think he’s entitled to continue messing up our USA.
WHAT EGO!!! WHAT NONSENSE!!! NO!!! CAN WE JUST SAY NO!!!! YOU good ol’ boys just cannot stand that SARAH PALIN and/or HERMAN CAIN are going to take it… Take your RMS’s and sky…we don‘t need any more BUSH’S …we don‘t need any HUNTSMANS and we sure as hell don’t need any ROMNEY’S…go away you slick-sters…. WE NEED and will have REAL PATRIOTS.
YOU, HUNTSMAN, and PAWLENTY, and ROMNEY ALL SOUND ALIKE-LOOK ALIKE-THINK- ALIKE…
Report Post »NO NO NO NO NO
UncleBuck
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:03amOnly if you are swayed by the MSM! Huntsman talked a good fight in Utah as Governor but many were disappointed by his walk once he was governor. He looks and says everything right but look at his record in the state of Utah. He’s too liberal for me! Ron Paul 2012 !
Report Post »UncleBuck
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:11am@Patty Cain is a Federal Reserve Shill and Palin is a self serving POLITICIAN who has betrayed her professed values to support McCain in AZ and Rick Perry in TX in the last election! Don’t be fooled by the circus side show of Sarah Palin! She will do or say anything to get more press coverage. Why do you think she took a very high profiled “family” trip to the east coast this summer. Coincidence? NO! She’s not a candidate but she sure stirs up a lot of dust clouding the landscape to serve her own self interests. She’s declared what she is for all with eyes to see. She’s a republican power elite Rah Rah! Why do we continue to do the same thing politically and and expect different results? Crazy!
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 5:56amHuntsman, stay home or get back to new hampshire- you’re not needed at this time. There are enough liberals running for the gop.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 6:13amOH, UNCLE BUCK….you’ve been given SUCH misinformation. 1. CAIN was on the BOARD of the KS. FED RESERVE back in a time when they were considered honorable. HE will be the first person to tell you that what is going on now if for the birds, however, when he was overseeing KS. there were no weird things going on. I‘m glad that he has this inside experience even tho’ it’s 15 years old…it still will help when we dismantle these B-.
Report Post »SARAH has no idea, as did none of the rest of us , about RINO progressive MCCAIN…we only knew ‘decent man/war hero’ SHE is about as far from “ambitious” as one can get! SHE is just like I am and others (probably like you)…WE KNOW that this is the last gasp for AMERICA AS WE KNOW it…knew it…that those Muslim Marxist, Commie, Liberals, Socialists, one-worlder, Bilderbergs are hell bent to blow up America and divide the spoils…that‘s SOROS’S M.O…… she could care a hoot and a bean about politics…but she’s damned good at dodging their punches and cleaning house.
If you have not read her “AMERICA BY HEART” which she wrote herself and her other “GOING ROGUE” then you don’t know her…you are being soaked by the MSM.
Ron Paul has some great ideas..but HE shot himself in the foot when he said he would not have shot Bin laden ‘because he was unarmed’…dude…he was armed when he stole our jets and ran them into our World Trade Center ; instead of using his inheritance to HELP his people, this dumb do-do spent hi
PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 6:20amokay…I’ll finish what I started to say…Osama Bin laden was born to privilege, was well-educated and was a pawn of satan. Too bad, just that that slime-ball Arafat… they took the money that was supposed to go to the people and just used it for power. WHAT DOPES… how much power you supposed they have now??!??
Report Post »Sarah on the other hand, (Cain too), have fought for the right things. School Boards being accountable, then town mayors, then governors. She took on crooked GOPers in AK and turned that state around. SHE made the OIL CO’s toe the mark…of course UNIONS and BIG OIL don’t want to see her again…but too bad… she’s going to be there….and her TRIP? SHE has the spot light on her and in her way of thinking (and mine, and GLENN’S) we, the people, need to know the truth about where we came from and what our founding fathers intended and what they set up that has (until these commie b-tards got in) kept America thriving and being the LIGHT FOR THE WORLD
all these decades. America is not one tribe; one type of people…damnit…AMERICA is THE ENTIRE WORLD ALREADY LIVING under one roof. YOU dumb0 Liberals want one world? Make it work in America. VOTE IN PALIN/CAIN or PALIN/WEST …. Put Ron Paul in charge of Govt. Spending!!! Jon Bolton as the head of the State Dept. CLEAN HOUSE!!
LibertariansUnite
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:19amRon Paul – The only true constitutionalist candidate!
RP 2012
Report Post »mill
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:51amWe have seen Huntsman in action as a governor…..and sincerely hope he is NOT the republican nominee. he’s a RINO, look past the words..
Report Post »Huntsman SR, daddy, would be a fantastic candidate BUT NoT JR>
cous1933
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 8:55amLibertariansunite,
Report Post »Once again you are exactly right. Ron Paul is the only candidate that is unwilling to violate the Constitution. All of the others talk a big game on the Constitution but throw it right out the window when it suits them.
bluegoldnationdotcom
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:01amHoping that Huntsman splits the RINO vote with Romney so we don’t get a repeat of McCain in 2008.
I understand why he would skip Iowa but I have NO idea why he would be stupid enough to try to justify it? Aw well, screw Iowa, I won’t be able to buy them off so I will focus on the rest of the union. What a joke.
The only reason this guy has any play at all is because the Democrats are trying to anoint him the candidate.
I am still in denial that Mitch Daniels isn’t running. I thought he was the lone conservative that would be able to steer the budget discussion in the primaries in the right direction. Maybe Paul Ryan can do the same but in my opinion his time is in the future.
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:32pmHuntsman‘s problem isn’t a Mormon issue, people. Mormons don’t like him either. He tricked Utah into voting him into office and then acted contrary to expectations. He’s dishonest. I don‘t care if he’s a Buddhist Monk or the Archbishop of Rome, if you’re not honest and straightforward with the American people, then you’re not going to get the vote!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:01pmWell he is right that the field of GOP candidates and the whatevers who are sitting on the sideline taking cheap shots at them do resemble a circus. At least the clowns.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 4:16pm.
God help us.
Let’s see his qualifications:
Rich.
Was ambassador to China for Obama.
Rich.
Kinda reminds me of John McCain.
Report Post »I say NO!
Kathleen3
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:15pmHuntsman is an avowed open borders/amnesty advocate who would, within one year, turn the U.S. into Mexico North.
Report Post »PerniciousD
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 9:28pmHuntsman implied he is a cultural mormon, not a doctrinal mormon. He should be evaluated based on who he is, what his beliefs are, what his values are – not the beliefs/values of some institution.
Report Post »brian8793
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 4:18amHey PATTY, guess what, you’re a BIGOT.
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