Turns out today is the 159th anniversary of the founding of the Republican party. So who did Al Sharpton have on his MSNBC this evening to discuss it supposedly from the GOP point of view? "Republican" Abby Huntsman, daughter of Jon. After somehow divining that if Abe Lincoln were around today he would want a… Read more »
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Jon Huntsman: Republicans Should Push States to Legalize Gay Marriage
On Thursday, No Labels co-leader Jon Huntsman urged Republicans to lead the fight to legalize gay marriage in states that do not recognize it. Writing in The American Conservative, the former Ambassador to China for President Barack Obama, Utah governor, and failed 2012 presidential candidate argued that marriage equality is a conservative cause and noted… Read more »
Huntsman calls Rove ‘yesterday’s ballgame’
Karl Rove has drawn a decent amount of criticism for establishing a project that’s meant to weed out unelectable Republicans in primaries across the nation. Jon Huntsman, who may or may not be considered “unelectable” (all we know is that he lost the GOP presidential primary) doesn’t really care, but thinks Rove is irrelevant. “Rove… Read more »
Huntsman, Dem senator name ‘forward-looking’ congressmen
In a column for the Washington Post today Jon Huntsman and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) list the names of 23 congressmen they’ve recruited for their “No Labels” organization, a project aimed at fostering bipartisanship in the federal government: [A]dopting an attitude focused on problem solving is a deeply pragmatic response to Washington’s dysfunction. With… Read more »