Has the Huntsman Become the Hunter?
Popular wisdom, at least since February, tells us that Jon Huntsman, Jr., is now a threat to President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.On January 31, Huntsman tendered his resignation as U.S....
View ArticleHuntsman's Narrow - but Plausible - Path to GOP Nomination
Just like with all of the other major candidates in the running for the Republican presidential nomination, Jon Huntsman has a lot of hurdles he’s going to have to find a way to jump over to have a...
View ArticleNate Silver on NY-26 and Beyond
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Nate...
View ArticleOpinion: Jon Huntsman is no GOP Savior
Who is Jon Huntsman and why is he running for the Republican nomination? In a recent poll of Iowa voters, on which Republican candidate seeking the nomination they prefer in 2012, one voter picked Jon...
View ArticleHuntsman's Campaign Announcment: First of Many (and Much Needed) Defining...
Need help figuring out what to think of Jon Huntsman? You're not alone! Apparently, few people really know what to make of the Republican presidential hopeful, who will officially announce his...
View ArticleHuntsman Invokes 'American Century' at Presidential Announcement
With the Statue of Liberty at his back, former Ambassador to China and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman announced this morning that he would be seeking the Republican nomination for President in 2012.As one...
View ArticleMormons and American Politics
With Jon Huntsman announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney is no longer the only Mormon in the running. Both candidates have the potential to become...
View ArticlePawlenty Embraces Bush Foreign Policy Rhetoric but Not Bush Himself
A two-term governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty’s foreign policy experience consists mostly of his trips to Iraq and Afghanistan to visit Minnesota National Guard troops. Up to this point, he's run on...
View ArticleCampaign Trailer Critic: HTV, The Huntsman Channel
You probably haven't seen Jon Huntsman's videos, because um, this 2012 Republican Presidential candidate has been a little under the radar. In fact, Huntsman's campaign manager, Susie Wiles, stepped...
View ArticleSetting The Week in Politics: Huntsman, Perry, Obama and More
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on The Brian Lehrer Show, Melinda...
View Article2012 Candidates Praise Gadhafi's Fall, But Not U.S. Involvement
When commenting on Moammar Gadhafi's ouster, Republican candidates are short on praise for the role played by President Obama and heavy on caution for the future of the fragile nation.Mitt Romney...
View ArticleEndorsementpalooza Rolls On
Big endorsements most recently from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who are backing Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, respectively.Here's an updated look at who's for...
View ArticleFive Things to Watch For in the Las Vegas GOP Debate
Republican candidates will meet yet again this evening in Las Vegas, capping off a marathon of debates that began in early September. The primary landscape looks very different now than it did back...
View ArticleFresh Endorsements: Sununu Supports Romney, Forbes Favors Perry
Former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu announced today that he would endorse Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination, while business mogul Steve Forbes came...
View ArticleWatch: Perry's "Oops" Highlight of GOP Debate
1. Let's just get this one out of the way: Rick Perry, listing the three government cabinets he'd like to axe as president... stalled out at number three. "I will tell you, it is three agencies of...
View ArticleOpinion: Bachmann, Paul and Huntsman Unfairly Excluded from Debate Questions
Think what you will about Ron Paul or Michele Bachmann or Jon Huntsman, they all have a legitimate point in their complaint that they were deliberately left out of the CBS debate on Saturday night.The...
View ArticleOpinion: Huntsman's Failure Shows GOP's Extremism Problem
It’s only a matter of time before it’s Rick Santorum’s turn.Why not? Why shouldn’t Rick get his moment at the head of the GOP pack? The merry-go-round of candidates who have shared the top spot...
View ArticleExplainer: Is Glass-Steagall Back? And Would it Prevent the Next Financial...
Bloomberg News reports what the Federal Reserve wouldn't: that the United States' central bank committed $7.77 trillion to bailing out the financial industry in the wake of the 2008 crisis, netting...
View ArticleGingrich, the Firebrand Statesman
You're looking less mouthy these days,” an elderly woman told Gingrich when he was signing books in Manchester, New Hampshire."You're right,” he said. “I'm working on that.”The exchange was 13 years...
View ArticleOpinion: Debate Report Card - Paul Flops, Bachmann Attacks, Perry as Tebow?
I had the opportunity to again live-blog the GOP debate in Sioux City, Iowa for WNYC and the Des Moines Register, and I must say from the get go that I was disappointed. It was largely an oops-free...
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