Is a candidate with a conservative record(78% of vote in Utah, a VERY Republican state) too liberal for today's Republican Party?
Washington Post: "Huntsman’s campaign might be moderate, but his economic plan isn’t"
It is perhaps a sad commentary on the state of the modern Republican Party that saying “I believe in science” is considered a radical play for a center that may no longer exist. But whether Huntsman is looking for a purple heart in the science wars, he’s not interested in taking any friendly fire for his economic plan (pdf). it’s about as close to Republican orthodoxy on the issue as you can get.
Full story at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/huntsmans-campaign-might-be-moderate-but-his-economic-plan-isnt/2011/08/25/gIQAp9bKuJ_blog.html
CNN: "Wall Street Journal loves Huntsman jobs plan"
In an editorial published late Thursday night, the newspaper, which is influential among fiscal conservatives, touted the former Utah governor and former U.S. ambassador to China's jobs plan...Perhaps Mr. Huntsman should be asked to give the Republican response to the president's jobs speech next week," writes the Wall Street Journal. "The two views of what makes an economy grow could not be more different."
Full Story at: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/02/wall-street-journal-loves-huntsman-jobs-plan/
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