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RonPaulFanInGA
05-20-2011, 09:25 AM
http://swampland.time.com/2011/05/20/a-mainstream-isolationist/


There’s plenty to chew over in Jon Huntsman’s first interviews as a proto-presidential candidate, but perhaps the most substantial position he staked out today is a foreign policy one. Earlier this year, when Haley Barbour was flirting with a run, he made quite the splash by breaking from mainstream GOP orthodoxy espousing skepticism over the mission in Afghanistan. The war has become increasingly unpopular, even among Republican voters and especially in the fiscally focused Tea Party wing. But the candidates speaking to those concerns, like Ron Paul for one, aren’t really mainstream contenders for the nomination. With Barbour out, that space remains in the GOP field. Enter Huntsman...

gaazn
05-21-2011, 05:31 PM
John Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, and Ron Paul are against intervention in Libya. Each with different reasons.
Huntsman has political cover for his views, due to being an ex-Ambassador.

Kludge
05-21-2011, 05:33 PM
"But the candidates speaking to those concerns, like Ron Paul for one, aren’t really mainstream contenders for the nomination."

Journalism like it's 2007.