Having no viable credible person on the top...the GOPers must look at the 2nd Mormon, Jon Huntsman..

[opihimoimoi]

Who, as it turns out, is the smartest of the bunch....

He speaks with truth...the others fail

[marmar]

1. How long before they exhume Reagan and pull a Weekend at Bernie's?

nt

[wakemewhenitsover]

3. Heh. They do that all the time anyway. n/t

[JoePhilly]

8. I'm sure their are right wingers trying to clone Saint Ronny by 2016.

[wakemewhenitsover]

2. Which is exactly why he doesn't stand a chance with Republicans.

I knew he was a goner with the moron Republican base (redundant, I know) when I heard he's a proponent of evolution and climate change.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Its kinda pathetic the GOPer base are so blind to the TRUTH...but then...are they THAT BLIND??

Are they That RIDGID???

Oh Well....their LOSS

[wakemewhenitsover]

5. Good question.

I think the answer is complex, but one aspect of it is that they are brainwashed by Faux News et al. Sounds simplistic, but I have thought about this bizarre phenomenon (due to the somewhat inexplicable existence of family Republicans), and it's the best explanation I can come up with. They watch Faux News, they hear right-wing talking points, they don't hear anyone challenging the reasoning, and these loony conservative "ideas" become fixed in their minds as facts.

[opihimoimoi]

6. They reject Reason Logic and Sanity...ingridements(sp) for Stability,,,,

Leaving room for DELUSION to be embraced....whad a group of nuts

[oldhippydude]

7. thats the only explantion i have ever encountered..

i finally had to tell a friend that i couldent talk politics with them, we just had 2 different sets of facts..the guys a member of mensa and quotes Beck... brags that he has Rush on several radios so he does not miss him, going from room to room.. another freind who gets their news from fox, this guy and i share a hotel room from time to time at conferences and meetings, i can count on fokkks.. i dont hang around the room much..

these guys seem incapable of even listening to any other point of view.. it truley is remarkable some of the mental twists these guys have to accomadate thier views..

[opihimoimoi]

16. All too many conserves are Hubristic Bullies going about as normal...

Signs are self centeredness, anger, uncompromising, etc

[MurrayDelph]

9. They already have the slogan:

"Huntsman: the other White meat."

(and if you blow the Horn of Urgency:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Wb14NZ01E )

[catgirl]

10. He lkes the Ryan plan

Enough said.

[opihimoimoi]

13. LOL

[AlinPA]

11. Why Huntsman can’t win the republican primaries:

1. He supported civil unions as Governor of Utah
2. He said he would not use federal powers to block a law legalizing same-sex marriage.
3. He threatened to veto a bill repealing in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants.
4. He signed a bill giving illegal aliens access to “driving-privilege cards”.
5. He supports granting more H-1B visas to foreigners
6. He has not taken an anti-immigrant or anti-Hispanic stance.
7. He signed the Western Climate Initiative, by which Utah joined with other governments in agreeing to pursue targets for reduced production of greenhouse gases.
8. He appeared in an advertisement sponsored by Environmental Defense, in which he said, “Now it’s time for Congress to act by capping greenhouse-gas pollution"
9. He worked in the Obama administration as an ambassador to China
10. He is a Mormon
11. He said he believes in science
12. He said he believes in evolution.
13. He has said that President Obama is an American citizen.
14. He is too rational, too normal, too genteel for most of today’s conservatives.

[opihimoimoi]

14. OK ya convinced me....series....

[jenmito]

12. He was on SNL last night. NBC and MSNBC are trying their very best to get Huntsman the nomination.

He has been on MSNBC several times, as have his daughters.

[CakeGrrl]

15. If only they could get him to poll at least 5% with GOP voters.

[opihimoimoi]

17. His only asset is his 3 daughters...too little too late