There are five days remaining until the critical South Carolina primary and now there are just five candidates left in the running. That’s because former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman dropped out of the race on Monday and threw his support behind Mitt Romney. South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan joins us to discuss how much this development shakes up the GOP race and whether voters agree with Huntsman that Romney is the inevitable nominee. Duncan also explains what a huge percentage of undecided voters want to hear before making up their minds and what he hopes will be the first accomplishments in 2013 if Republicans take Congress and the White House.
Archives for January 16, 2012
The Politics of Dr. King
As the nation pauses to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the debate rages on as to where Dr. King would find himself along the political spectrum if he were alive today. Many suggest Dr. King would be mostly liberal given where other civil rights leaders currently stand. But others like Stacy Swimp say King’s writings, speeches and actions tell a very different story. Swimp is president of the Frederick Douglass Society and is a spokesman for the Project 21 Black Leadership Council. Swimp explains what he sees as King’s greatest legacy and why King would be far more conservative today than other black leaders. Swimp also rebuts assertions from former Green Jobs Czar Van Jones that Dr. King would have been a strong supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Three Martini Lunch 1/16/12
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Charlie Cook of National Review are glad to see Jon Huntsman finally leave the presidential race. They also slam Harry Reid for moaning that Republicans make it harder to raise the debt ceiling. And they chuckle as Newsweek fades into greater absurdity by declaring all of Obama’s critics dumb.