NEWSMAX: Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. criticized his rivals for the nomination, saying they showed “zero leadership” during the debate over raising the U.S. debt ceiling.
“I wouldn’t necessarily trust any of my opponents right now,” Huntsman said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” program. “There was zero leadership on display” from “some of my Republican opponents who basically, I think, recommended something that would have been catastrophic for this economy,” he said…
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, the winner and runner-up in the Aug. 13 Iowa straw poll, voted against raising the U.S. debt ceiling. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who leads the 2012 Republican presidential field in national polls and fundraising, said in an Aug. 1 statement that he opposed the compromise to raise the U.S. debt limit by at least $2.1 trillion and slash government spending by $2.4 trillion or more… (more)
