John Huntsman. He was governor of Utah. No, really. Anyways, he is currently our ambassador to China. And he’s a Republican. And the word is that Obama picked him for the spot to keep him out of the 2012 field. No, seriously. And now Huntsman, very cleverly, has merely burnished his foreign policy cred in preparation for taking on Obama in 2012.
I know, I know – the really big question now looms:
Who in heck has ever heard of Jon Huntsman?
I have – but only in a very minor, who-gives-a-hoot manner. And I’m pretty tuned in to politics – this guy hasn’t been crossing my radar. If I’m not too familiar with him, then you can rely upon it that 99% of the American electorate hasn’t heard of this guy. But he’s the big threat to Obama in 2012? On what grounds?
Reading his biography, I get the sense of a man who is far too much “in” with the Ruling Class to excite TEA Party support. Sure, he’s got some of the conventional conservative GOP positions on taxes and spending – and that is just great – but as the son of a bazillionaire who has spent his whole life in the very upper class, he’s just not going to resonate with Americans whose mortgages are underwater, pay has been cut and are wondering if they’ll have a job next month.
2012 will be a strange political year, of that I’m certain. So strange, in fact, that a unknown, Mormon guy from Utah might just pull it off…but this guy goes down the list of prospects to the bottom…the man most unlikely to get the GOP nomination. Let’s see if he can pull out of that cellar and make a splash.
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