Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Huntsman drops out, Romney takes more shots
With Huntsman dropping out, a "reevaluation" is necessary between the rest of the candidates. As Grooms points out, "Remaining in the race at this point only serves to steer votes away from viable candidates." So, with Huntsman's dropout and backing of Romney, its pretty obvious that its going to go Romney's way. Huntsman's actions are a clear effort of the conservatives uniting to attempt to chose the candidate with the best chance of defeating Obama.
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I don't think you can expect a candidate to have the amount of forsight it would require for him to drop out of the race now to keep the winner's image in tact. Besides, they aren't running for their party, they're running for themselves. It's really difficult, after investing as much money and time as they have into their campaigns, only to quit now, especially without a convincing front runner. If we had stronger, more influential parties, then the other candidates, who only serving to hurt Romney's chances, would be forcibly removed from the race. But this is a race between self-interested individuals, not party service-members.
ReplyDeleteHuntsman being a supportive guy. That's what i like to hear. "I believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama." Word. I think we'd be in for a real treat, if all the other candidates dropped out to support one candidate (Romney) that is if he continues to carry his momentum. However, I think that the chances of that happening are slim to none.
ReplyDeleteHuntsman's move was politically correct. When you're losing an election that badly, the right thing to do is cut your losses and show your support for your party. Obviously he was thinking ahead when he backed Mitt Romney. Romney looks to be the favorite to win the candidacy and the most likely republican to beat Obama. #teamplayer
ReplyDeleteI agree with Liam on this matter. I think the republicans really need to start getting their act together if they would like to be able to take down Obama. The GOP is in a mess right now, with candidates taking hard low blows at their competitors, and these low blows might and will come back to haunt them come next November. I think they need to join behind Romney and start easing up on the shots fired because they are only hurting their chances of a Republican being in office next term.
ReplyDeleteHuntsman just made up for being a Dbag last week. His drop out was going to happen anyway, but i'm happy that he did so with a positive message that should have been every republican's goal in the first place. That's what America is all about: Uniting together for one common goal. We need to get America back on track, so I'm glad that Huntsman was able to see that he wasnt going to win, and was then able to bring out a positive message to help the guy that can win succeed.
ReplyDeleteI think its funny how all candidate say that the other candidates stink until they are each forced to drop out, then they support the one representing the same party? All in all Romney is the closes challenge Obama has. however, I think Romney will lose.
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Huntsman did the right thing dropping out - he's just giving more support to Romney, who is in the lead and therefore needs the support to beat Obama in the election. I think that other Republican candidates should follow in his footsteps if they really want Romney to stand a chance against Obama. I give props to Huntsman for taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture, and realizing that he wasn't going to win and deciding to drop out.
ReplyDeleteDropping out was definitely Huntsman's best option...he clearly was not going to win the primaries, and it would have been a waste of time and effort. I think that other candidates should like Ron Paul should realize that they are not going to win, and drop out, and by doing so, give more credibility to the Republican primary winner (probably Romney).
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