suitanim
11-22-2011, 08:18 AM
Many valid points...that have (cough cough) been made before. Not that it will matter, but it is interesting...
http://www.ohio.com/editorial/steve-chapman-why-not-nominate-jon-huntsman-1.246696
More to the point, Huntsman has a record more conservative than his moderate image suggests. He worked for Ronald Reagan. He wants to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care reform, decries the Environmental Protection Agency’s “regulatory reign of terror,” endorsed Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan and favors a constitutional amendment to “ensure legal protections for the unborn.”
When the candidates were asked about a hypothetical package consisting of $10 in federal spending cuts for each $1 of tax increases, he joined the others in a chorus of rejection.
In The American Conservative magazine, Michael Brendan Dougherty wrote, “For the past two decades a ‘moderate’ Republican was one who generally didn’t side with his party on three issues: taxes, guns and abortion. Huntsman’s record on those isn’t just to the right of other moderates, it is to the right of most conservatives.”
His centrism is mostly a matter of temperament. His record in office stands up well by conservative standards. He pushed through big cuts in income and sales taxes. He cut state employees’ retirement benefits.
In the libertarian Cato Institute’s 2008 fiscal ranking of the nation’s governors, he came in fifth — tied with Rick Perry. He also can argue that he knows how to foster a sound economy. During his time as governor, by one measure, Utah ranked first in the country in job creation, while Romney’s Massachusetts ranked 47th.
http://www.ohio.com/editorial/steve-chapman-why-not-nominate-jon-huntsman-1.246696
More to the point, Huntsman has a record more conservative than his moderate image suggests. He worked for Ronald Reagan. He wants to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care reform, decries the Environmental Protection Agency’s “regulatory reign of terror,” endorsed Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan and favors a constitutional amendment to “ensure legal protections for the unborn.”
When the candidates were asked about a hypothetical package consisting of $10 in federal spending cuts for each $1 of tax increases, he joined the others in a chorus of rejection.
In The American Conservative magazine, Michael Brendan Dougherty wrote, “For the past two decades a ‘moderate’ Republican was one who generally didn’t side with his party on three issues: taxes, guns and abortion. Huntsman’s record on those isn’t just to the right of other moderates, it is to the right of most conservatives.”
His centrism is mostly a matter of temperament. His record in office stands up well by conservative standards. He pushed through big cuts in income and sales taxes. He cut state employees’ retirement benefits.
In the libertarian Cato Institute’s 2008 fiscal ranking of the nation’s governors, he came in fifth — tied with Rick Perry. He also can argue that he knows how to foster a sound economy. During his time as governor, by one measure, Utah ranked first in the country in job creation, while Romney’s Massachusetts ranked 47th.