Jon Huntsman’s op-ed on financial reform in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal is bookended by some Republican boilerplate on rolling back Democrat’s 2010 overhaul, but there’s some interesting stuff in there. Here’s the crux of his …
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The New Hampshire Test: Can Jon Huntsman Resurrect Big Tent Republicanism?
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These days, Jon Huntsman finds praise in unexpected places. On a recent September evening, the struggling Republican presidential candidate spoke to a modest crowd at New England College. His pitch was sober. He …
Can Jon Huntsman’s Jobs Plan Resurrect His Campaign?
Jon Huntsman is mired in the cellar of presidential primary polls and battling the perception that his brand of conservatism may be better suited for a bygone era. His campaign needs a jolt of energy, and he’s hoping that the economic agenda he outlined during a Wednesday speech at a Hudson, N.H., manufacturing company will provide …
Questioning the Grand ‘Huntsman 2016’ Conjecture
A very popular theory on Jon Huntsman’s, um, unique march toward the center is that it’s all part of a well-thought out scheme to win the presidential nomination next time around. The scenario laid out by various pundits is basically this: Next year, the GOP nominates a conservative a la Perry or Bachmann, who then loses to Obama. After …
Who’s Changed More: Romney or Huntsman?
A day after changing campaign managers, Jon Huntsman’s team takes a new shot at Mitt Romney’s: A Huntsman spokesman notes that, as a candidate for Massachusetts governor in 2002, Romney disdained Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge as “government by gimmickry,” but has happily signed it this time around. “So, what’s changed?,” asks …
In Utah, a Lukewarm Homecoming for Huntsman
After a whirlwind kickoff week for his presidential campaign, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman returns to his home state Tuesday, where he will tour a medical-device facility, speak to a conference and hold a posh fund-raiser. It could have been a triumphant homecoming. Huntsman was a wildly popular governor. He won re-election in 2008 …