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Monday, June 27, 2011

Jon Huntsman Hits Obama (Just Not in the Face) (Esquire)

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by Chris Jones
June 22, 2011
 
On the day after Jon Huntsman announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, he continued his twin strategies of refraining from personal attacks on President Obama while taking direct aim at his policies, particularly when it comes to national security and the war in Afghanistan.

"I respect the President," Huntsman said yesterday when he kicked off his official campaign with a speech at Liberty State Park in New Jersey. "He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who's the better American."

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Friday, May 13, 2011

Rick Scott for president? It's possible (St. Petersburg Times)

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By Adam C. Smith
Times Political Editor
May 13, 2011

Rick Scott for president in 2012?

Absurd as it sounds, people who have talked to Florida's tea party governor about the Republican presidential field are convinced Scott has a bid lurking in the back of his mind.

"I'm not running for president,'' Scott declared the other day.

Probably he won't.

But let's say the field of Republican candidates still looks muddled and uninspiring come November. Let's say no one has managed to persuade Jeb Bush or New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to get in the race. Let's say fed-up tea party activists still dominate the GOP primary electorate and show no enthusiasm for the "electable" Mitt Romneys, Tim Pawlentys and Jon Huntsmans of the world.

Enter Rick Scott, fresh off a year of slashing spending and regulation in Florida, and of infuriating moderate Republicans, independents, Democrats and newspaper editorial writers. By then a proven, uncompromising antigovernment crusader, he may be the best sell among Republican primary voters in these turbulent times.

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