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To: koan who wrote (28522)	9/23/2012 2:35:48 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 85487

Major Platforms: Pro-life; Supports civil unions but not same-sex marriage; Signed the Western Climate Initiative in 2007; Supports tax reform to eliminate loopholes, deductions, expenditures and subsidies; Supports working with China to get North Korea to abandon nuclear program so what horrified you ?????

To: koan who wrote (28522)	9/23/2012 4:16:24 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 85487

"When I first started writing about the Republican primaries, last fall, I couldn’t for the life of me understand why Huntsman was a participant, unless he was there to serve as Romney’s mini-me. Wasn’t there already a business-oriented, pragmatic conservative in the race? And wasn’t this candidate a Mormon who, before going into business, had spent times overseas as a missionary, seeking to convert the natives to a life of abstinence? And didn’t this fellow also have an “Obama problem” that was likely to alienate him from at least some conservative voters? These questions could be combined into one: With Romney in the race and leading it, what was the point of Huntsman? Read more newyorker.com;