Look up the google news history of May 16, 2009 to May 18, 2009 (very easy to set specific dates with google news). On May 16th Obama nominated Huntsman every news story seemed to point out that Obama was purposefully sending a potential political rival away. Either he would run in 2016 when Obama (but not the Ds could care less) or that if he run in 2012 he would be running against his former boss.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/5338566/Barack-Obama-sends-2012-election-rival-to-China.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/huntsman-to-china-winners-and.html
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/05/16/obama-and-huntsman-two-savvy-pols/
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/429787/1/.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/5338566/Barack-Obama-sends-2012-election-rival-to-China.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/huntsman-to-china-winners-and.html
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/05/16/obama-and-huntsman-two-savvy-pols/
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/429787/1/.html
Five People Conservatives Should Blame if Mitt Romney Wins
- 10/01/2012 03:27:18 PM
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2 completely useless points.
- 10/01/2012 04:12:35 PM
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Very good points. Essentially, this article was a pile of shit. *NM*
- 10/01/2012 04:19:35 PM
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#2 makes me laugh. Pawlenty was a joke from day one, just like Santorum.
- 10/01/2012 04:18:54 PM
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Well is it us conservatives we should blame or the 3 liberals & 2 uppity broads named herein?
- 11/01/2012 04:06:32 AM
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I see the New Yorker is displaying their typical rock solid grasp of republican politics *NM*
- 11/01/2012 01:55:51 PM
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The whole thing is pretty weak but #4 is total bunk.
- 12/01/2012 02:10:10 AM
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4 is not bunk
- 12/01/2012 04:28:55 AM
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Bullshit.
- 12/01/2012 04:41:19 PM
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Do you honestly not believe that running against your boss would hamstring you in the primary and
- 12/01/2012 06:07:11 PM
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Most Americans hate their boss. I can think of few actions that Americans would greet more warmly. *NM*
- 12/01/2012 09:03:17 PM
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He had to accept the position in the first place, he chose his boss *NM*
- 12/01/2012 09:46:50 PM
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He chose to serve his country, just like a soldier. *NM*
- 12/01/2012 11:22:03 PM
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Not quite the same and you know that
- 13/01/2012 02:09:59 AM
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No, it is. You're arguing a position with no evidence to back it up.
- 13/01/2012 02:08:12 PM
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Most Republicans I know...
- 13/01/2012 02:56:12 PM
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The fact that he was in a hair band makes him cooler. He should advertise that more. *NM*
- 13/01/2012 08:05:23 PM
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No, it is. The whole article is probably one of the most poorly-thought-out I've seen.
- 12/01/2012 09:02:17 PM
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Your #4 description is WAY off.
- 13/01/2012 12:03:51 AM
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Which make his ravings about gold and the fed even more extreme 
*NM*
- 13/01/2012 02:12:18 AM
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*NM*
- 13/01/2012 02:12:18 AM
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Re: No, it is. The whole article is probably one of the most poorly-thought-out I've seen.
- 13/01/2012 05:48:17 AM
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funny how liberals think that is what is stopping the GOP from picking their favorite candidate
- 12/01/2012 03:37:43 PM
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You know, I was going to respond but I think it best to leave it and you alone. *NM*
- 12/01/2012 04:45:48 PM
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Good idea, you typically don't do well when you try. Stick to debating with people who agree
- 12/01/2012 06:18:20 PM
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I found nothing offensive. I have learned that nothing will satisfy you. There is absolutely nothing
- 13/01/2012 05:37:39 AM
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