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Boston Globe Endorses Jon Huntsman: ‘The Best-Prepared To Be President’

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With the New Hampshire primary just four days away, the Boston Globe — a paper published in the state that Mitt Romney once governed — announced its endorsement of Jon Huntsman for the GOP nomination Friday morning:

With a strong record as governor of Utah and US ambassador to China, arguably the most important overseas diplomatic post, Huntsman’s credentials match those of anyone in the field. He would be the best candidate to seize this moment in GOP history, and the best-prepared to be president.

Even though the newspaper is published in Massachusetts, the endorsement should carry plenty of weight in nearby New Hampshire. In announcing its decision to endorse Huntsman, the Globe revealed that their decision had come down to the former Utah Governor/Ambassador to China and Romney. But, according to the paper, “while Romney proceeds cautiously, strategically, trying to appease enough constituencies to get himself the nomination, Huntsman has been bold.” The Globe lauded Huntsman’s immigration policy, his acceptance of a post from a Democratic President (“It attests to his sincerity when he vows to lead in a bipartisan spirit,”), and his economic wherewithal.

Romney, meanwhile, got a bit of a roasting from the paper, which noted that he has, “taken pains to distance himself from much of his [Massachusetts] administration,” which the Globe praised as scandal-free and bipartisan. It questioned his ability to constantly be pushed around, even though the paper believes that he will likely end up being a moderate who will make practical decisions.

In the end, the Globe wrapped up the endorsement by saying that even if Huntsman doesn’t get the nomination, a win by him in New Hampshire will end up making Romney “a better candidate.”

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  • Gloves Mick Donahue

    Kiss of Death.

  • Gloves Mick Donahue

    The Globe also approves of Markey, Frank, Kerry, Patrick and Mumbles Menino.

  • Anonymous

    Wow! That should propel Huntsman right to the nomination and the White House!!

  • Anonymous

    The people that reject Huntsman can’t read, so a newspaper endorsement isn’t likely to do much for him.

  • http://mrfunn.myopenid.com/ mrfunn

    The left-wing media seems to like Huntsman.

  • Anonymous

    Now, if only the voters agreed. 

    He has spent a year trying to be the anit-Romney.  Maybe he should have tried being pro-Huntsman.

  • Anonymous

    Turncoat has no chance.

  • Anonymous

    Huntsman wants to be the Rick Santorum of NH.  He will be lucky to be the Huntsman of NH.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Huntsman has got to be the liberal media’s favorite GOP candidate of all time.  Again…he polls at 1%.  He has spent millions in NH and received the most favorable press/endorsements and still polls at only 7% there.  Please give it up guys.

  • http://mrfunn.myopenid.com/ mrfunn

    ditto

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski

    It doesn’t matter. Huntsman is running in the cycle of the crazies. He and Paul are the only authentic candidates. Both Romney and Gingrich are flip floppers. Romney is a phony, Gingrich while intelligent is the most intelligent since Nixon. Santorum thinks that the most important issues are social, and the rest of them are done.

  • Anonymous

    Everyone KNOWS that the Leftist media will ‘endorse’ whoever can most easily LOSE to their beloved OBAMO.

    There’s absolutely no sense in (or legitimacy to) their ‘endorsements.’

    Again, EVERYONE knows this to be true.

  • Anonymous

    Everyone KNOWS that the Leftist media will ‘endorse’ whoever can most easily LOSE to their beloved OBAMO.

    There’s absolutely no sense in (or legitimacy to) their ‘endorsements.’

    Again, EVERYONE knows this to be true.

  • Anonymous

    who ever the globe endoses is a democratic STRAW the globe is a lift wing whack job paper only use it to claen up my dogs shit

  • Anonymous

    John Huntsman is not going to be president because John Huntsman is an arrogant douchebag; only Democrats nominate arrogant douchebag.  He connects with voters even less than Romney does – WAY less.

    And, at least Romney went out there and made his own fortune.  Huntsman didn’t.

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  • Anonymous

    Yeah…similar to actions that should be taken after Jimmy Carter makes a statement, Generally it is wise to do the exact opposite of what the Boston Globe says….

  • Anonymous

    Is your statement based off anything other than your standard worthless conjecture?

  • http://twitter.com/benknight8 ben knight

    Hate to say this, but nobody cares what the Boston Globe (or most other hilariously self-important and increasingly irrelevant regional newspapers, including the risible Des Moines Register or stupendously stupid Manchester Union-Leader) “thinks.”

  • Anonymous

    The fact that he’s the only candidate with a clear conservative record..  You guys are conservatives right?  Nope, your’e frauds.. Or the fact that he has no baggage like flip flopping, wives, birtherism, new letters, blah people etc..  You guys are the party of “principles” right? Nope, you’re frauds.. He has foreign policy experience.. He’s worked in public and private sector… It is clear that he’s your best candidate by a mile yet you reject him.. Conservatives in a nutshell right there..  Liberals aren’t trying to play a jedi mind trick to get you to choose him we’re pointing out how fraudulent and silly you look.. we’re mocking you not trying to trick you..

  • Anonymous

    Well, before you make yourself look even more stupid while “mocking” because the GOP base is not favoring the candidate you think they should, lets make a little comparison…shall we?

    Going back to 2008, you had Hillary Clinton, and your boy wonder, Barrack Obama.

    What foreign policy experience did Obama have that put him over hillary?

    What legislative accomplishments did he have that put him over hillary?

    What executive experience did he possess that made him the better choice over hillary?

    What was his economic stance in the context of the recession that made him more viable?
    See….here’s the deal.  Back in 08, you did have a candidate who showed a capacity to be a statesmen, and you picked the one who sold you platitudes and generalities with a smile.  And the results of your collective silly choice are here for all to see today.
     
    You can mock all you want….but similar to being insulted by a child, your mocking is irrelevant as much as it is ironic.

  • Anonymous

    FYI: the journalistic joke known as the boston globe is owned by the lunatic-left bible and chief propaganda organ, the “All The News That’s Fit to Fake” NY Times. Like the times, the globe is nothing more than a sham of a joke of a travesty of a parody of a farce of a newspaper.  Naturally, these leftist d-cRAT socialist stooges would favor the most leftist RINO in the pack.

  • Anonymous

    As is expected from the likes of you, your joke makes no sense.  If the people that reject Huntsman can’t read, then they’d hear from other sources, radio or television, that he’d gotten a newspaper’s endorsement and, knowing that smarter people than themselves had checked off on him, his support would increase.

    On the other hand, if this particular newspaper’s endorsement isn’t likely to do much for him, then obviously people more inclined to support him (considering that it’s owned by the NWT and is one of the papers furthest left in the country) – that is – the people closer to your political persuasion – are implied as being the people who can’t read.

    If people that reject Huntsman can’t read, then they wouldn’t be able to find such pleasurable amusement in your getting it wrong.

  • Anonymous

    So you are comparing Romney to Obama(who you hate) and Huntsman to Secretary Hilary Clinton (who you think was our better choice as President)  .. Yet you’re pulling for Romney to win..  You sir are an idiot..

  • Anonymous

    Then that’s pretty much their own fault, isn’t it?  I mean, if these papers were relevant to their communities, their diminishment of importance wouldn’t have occurred.  If they’d have held representatives or local politicians feet to the fire for their votes, exposed obvious corruption or cronyism when it could’ve been had or reflected the values of their readership, they wouldn’t be going away.  But they much rather had pushed national party lines and conventional wisdom onto their customer base.

    Not to mention that articles run in my ‘major newspaper’ routinely are littered with grammatically errors, graphical mistakes and incorrect spellings.  Editors no longer seem to exist as species.  So its no surprise at all when in reading stories one finds critical facts buried in the midsection or bottom of articles, obvious questions never asked or editorial content dripping from straight news stories.  If it weren’t for the coupons, they’d be shuttered already.

  • Anonymous

    First off, please show me where I’ve made any statement in support of Romney, until then, keep your idiot comment for yourself.
     
    Regarding to the rest of your drivel, the comment I made was directed at your premise that the GOP base is not selecting the most qualified individual.
     
    So, if that is true….I’ll ask you again to please substantiate why you collectively saw Obama as more qualified than Hillary.  Here are the questions again to help your thought process.
     
    1)What foreign policy experience did Obama have that put him over hillary?
     
    2)What legislative accomplishments did he have that put him over hillary?
     
    3)What executive experience did he possess that made him the better choice over hillary?
     
    4)What was his economic stance in the context of the recession that made him more viable?
     
    Extra Credit:  How was Obama’s academic performance in comparison to Hillary’s that could support the idea that he is more intelligent than her?
     
     
    The point is, if you can’t even substantiate your own selection in 08, then you look pretty stupid mocking anybody’s selection for 2012.
     
    Understand now?

  • Anonymous

    Bought and paid for by whom? The Bush administration of course. We should totally elect this guy as President, because he wouldn’t expand the wars into other oil rich territory. Never.

  • Anonymous

    This thread is NOT about Obama tard (and no I’m not ducking).  This threads about Huntsman.. any thoughts on what I wrote about him?  I’ve angrily and positively posted on  Obama threads  for 4 years..  Any thoughts on the actual thread topic?.. I said why I feel the Boston Globe is right .. You tell me why they are wrong..  Don’t worry i’ll wait..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Conservatives will want to know if Huntsman disavows this endorsement.  I would if I were him, not that it matters. 

    He polls like Dennis Kucinich Mr. Zero Percentage.

  • Anonymous

    Did the Boston Globe support George H.W. Bush against Michael Dukakis (a two term governor from Massachusetts) or Bill Clinton (merely a two term governor from Arkansas)???????
    Note George H. W. Bush’s credentials- impeccable, if not the best credentials that ANY President has had!

    Born in Milton, MA
    Youngest aviator in US Navy at the time.
    War hero in WWII
    Yale University grad
    Started an oil company and was a millionaire by the age of 40
    2 term U.S. Congressman
    U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
    Chairman of the RNC
    Chief of the Liaison Office to the People’s Republic of China
    Director of the C.I.A.
    2 term Vice President of the United States

  • Anonymous

    I am starting to wonder if Huntsman, beloved by the Left-wing media, is simply setting up for a run for the Presidency four years from now- as Romney did after losing to McCain. As with Romney, Huntsman has tons of money, thanks to his father, to keep a presence in Iowa and New Hampshire for the next four years and can do like Romney has done and keep supporters in all fifty (not 57!) states until the next election cycle. Money CAN buy you an election if you’re ambitious, motivated and organized!

  • ScarredReality

    No one wants to be Santorum lol

  • Henry Wood

    “I’m the decider.”  George W. Bush, arrogant douchebag extraordinaire.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kris-Smith/100000135417264 Kris Smith

    What a waste of an endorsement. 

  • Anonymous

    They would be correct… he IS the most qualified on the Republican side.   

  • Anonymous

    Well, the people of Utah sure liked him…he left office with approval ratings over 80%. 

    Compare that to Romney, who left with a 34% rating.

  • Anonymous

    Personally, I don’t get some of the conservative animosity toward Huntsman.

    He got conservative policies DONE in Utah that most Repubs only run their mouths about.

    -Flat tax  (done)
    -Vouchers (done)
    -Eliminated corporate franchise taxes
    -heathcare tax credits  (no mandates, no govt takeover).

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Glad to see you back!! =)

  • Anonymous

    The Republican ideology has become essentially incoherent and self-defeating.  

    Today’s Republican party has basically talked themselves into a rhetorical corner.

    Rather than being the party of smaller government and supporting market-based solutions, etc, they’ve become so paralyzed by their opposition to Obama. 

    They’re so opposed to the notion of government doing ANYTHING that they can’t allow themselves to present a clear vision for solving the problems that face the country.

    Their solution for the multitude of problems facing our country is to have the government do absolutely nothing.  

  • Anonymous

    You’re probably right…and I think that if the Republicans can ever get past this  far-right, reactionary phase that they’re in, Huntsman would be a compelling candidate.  His credentials are simply unmatched by anyone in the race.

    But right now, the Republicans are caught in this anti-intellectual, anti-everything mode, which prevents thoughtful, rational candidates from coming forward.

    I mean, so what if the media likes Huntsman?   Us liberals have spent the last 3 years listening to the Right bitch about how the media is “in the tank” for Obama.   

    Don’t you think it would actually be nice to have a Republican candidate that the media took seriously??   Or would that just take away your “we-hate-the-media” talking points?

  • Anonymous

    McCain thought the media “loved” him, too- boy was he wrong. The media spends so much time propagandizing for Obama and his agenda that the public has awakened to their bias. They jumped the shark when Hillary ran against Obama and have been exposed for the propagandists for the Democrat Party that they are. 

    They’ll only like Huntsman until he is running for something against a Democrat, then the love affair will end.

  • Anonymous

    Not quite…the media loved McCain until he sold out and stopped being a “maverick” so he could get the Republican nomination.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks!

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