(ABC4)...While no republican presidential candidate yet makes Obama’s team “shake in {their} shoes…,” President Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, now says Governor Jon Huntsman makes him, a “wee bit queasy…I think he’s really out there speaking a lot of truth about the direction of the party.”
To which Kirk Jowers of the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics says, “Huntsman has positioned himself in a great place right now because he is the only presidential candidate really running in the middle right now.”
And Jowers - who has advised three republican presidential candidates - says Huntsman has now, “…become a top five candidate for 2012.” In fact, Jowers concludes, "There’s no question that Huntsman is, perhaps, the most talked about republican in the country right now."
Note from HotAir:
Three possible motives for Plouffe to say what he said:
1. It’s true: Huntsman really does make him nervous.
2. Reverse psychology: Huntsman doesn’t make him nervous, but if enough dopey Republicans think he does, maybe they’ll nominate him and it’ll be an easy kill for The One.
3. Reverse reverse psychology: Huntsman does make him nervous, in which case it’s important to kneecap him as soon as possible. Plouffe, being no dummy, knows that Rush et al. will simply assume that he’s practicing briar-patch reverse psychology and will immediately start to tear Huntsman down as a scarecrow whom the Dems would love to face, thereby demonizing him among the Republican base and ruining his chances before the campaign even begins.
Liz Mair defends Huntsman choice
Another Note: i just found a Video of Senior Jon Hunstman the Father, that backed Mitt Romney in '08 and notes that "Mitt is a gifted Leader, and the Ideal person to be in the White house":
Jon Huntsman Sr. on Mitt Romney
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