NYT’s Shear Laments Jon Huntsman’s ‘Missed Opportunity’ To Call for Increasing Taxes

A brief item by Michael Shear in Friday’s New York Times, “ Huntsman Makes Bid To Step Out From Crowd ,” faulted moderate Republican candidate Jon Huntsman for not sufficiently “standing apart from the pack” of conservative presidential candidates by calling for higher taxes – or in Shear’s words, “revenue increases.” Shear called it a “missed opportunity,” as if Huntsman should have argued the liberal line on raising taxes solely to stand out from the conservative crowd.

Posted by on August 20, 2011. Filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.