Huntsman Adviser: Gop In Danger Of A "blowout" In 2012

Written by David Frum on Monday May 18, 2009

Byron York talks to John Weaver, one of the consultants who had been advising John Huntsman, about the campaign-that-didn't happen:

"He [Huntsman] had not made a decision to run for president, but he had made a decision to prepare to run," says Weaver. "We were probably a month away from announcing the formation of a political action committee, so we were pretty far down the road."

That's all shelved at least for now. What's the future that Weaver foresees instead?

"If it's 2012 and our party is defined by Palin and Limbaugh and Cheney, then we're headed for a blowout," says strategist John Weaver .... "That's just the truth."

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