John Huntsman? You're kidding...

I just read an article at Human Events that was kind of pimping John Huntsman. Personally, I've never considered him a contender. We don't need a rino right now, which counts him and Romney out in my opinion. Then again, I'm not even sure Huntsman is a rino. He might be a full on democrat calling himself a Republican, look at McCain.

If you need proof of that, refer back to the debate earlier this week where Huntsman said the government should "right size" banks that are too big to fail.

You know, the free market can sure do that without government intervention. If the government would stop giving banks and other businesses a no-fail guarantee in the form of bailouts, maybe the people in charge of these organizations would make better decisions.

There are two reasons businesses, or banks, fail. Either the consumers decide the product or service isn't viable or they are poorly managed. Either of the two are reason enough to allow the free market to weed out the weaker members of the herd. It works great in nature, and so it should in the business world.

So, anyway, Huntsman assertion that government should manage the size of banks is more of the same crap we have been dealing with for years. It doesn't help a bad situation to invest billions of dollars of tax payer money in to it. Why should we, the tax paying citizens, be on the hook for poor decisions or lousy products?

Huntsman should have someone in his organization take the pulse of the American public, we are bailout weary. We are just plain old government intervention weary...

Did you see the Republican debate last night?

First, it was good to see the candidates being civil with each other instead of the bickering back and forth.

I think Newt Gingrich came out of last night as the clear winner. I'm still not a huge Newt fan, but in every debate he is courteous to the other candidates, critical of the press, straight forward in his answers and knows what he is talking about.

Huntsman should just pull out now. He isn't a conservative and trying to act like one isn't working.

Ron Paul was Ron Paul. He makes a lot of sense, he says a lot of things I fully agree with. He is just out there on some things and enough of them to make him troubling in my mind.

Bachmann was good last night. She knew her facts and figures. She looked confident. But she has no chance.

Herman Cain looked good, as always. He is such a likeable guy. His troubles over the past couple of weeks didn't seem to affect him. I have to admit though, I'm getting a bit tired of his pimpage of 999 at every single opportunity.

Romney was Romney. A democrat in Republican clothes. He is trying hard to convince us that he is something different than what he really is.

Rick Santorum always polls in the bottom 2 or 3 candidates. But his arrogance during the debate would lead one to believe he is way out in front. I don't get him. He always seems as if the debates and being on stage with the other candidates is somehow beneath him. He is another one that has zero chance and should pull out now. And if he is planning to run for anything in the future, he might check the attitude at the door.

Rick Perry, OMG, Dude. I still like Perry, but holy crap, can you even imagine a worse time for a total brain fart? I really felt for the guy last night. I mean, seriously, we have all had those moments. I just hope that my next one isn't so public or important. I think he may have done himself in last night. Up until that one moment, Perry was having his best debate so far. He was relaxed and confident. It's funny though, the Rick Perry you see on the debate stage is not the real Rick Perry. Off of that stage he is a force to be reckoned with. He is very intelligent, confident and able and has a world of practical experience for the job of President.