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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | 8 a.m.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who said this week he prefers Jon Huntsman to Mitt Romney in the GOP Mormon presidential primary, has taken a lot of money from the Huntsman family, and the former Utah governor appointed Reid’s son, Josh, to Utah’s Board of Regents.
So no wonder Reid said Tuesday, “If I had a choice in that race, I’d choose Huntsman over Romney.”
And if they had a choice – and they did – many members of the newly minted presidential candidate’s family, including his parents, chose Reid in the most important U.S. Senate race in the country last cycle. Indeed, the Huntsmans have long been Reid supporters, although the former governor, who is scheduled to be be in Nevada on Friday, has never given directly to Reid's Senate campaigns.
But his parents and a couple of his brothers (Peter, James) and some in-laws have. And his Dad even helped the Nevada Democratic Party ($5,000) in 2008. I’m told Reid has known the senior Huntsman since the 1990s and is friendly with the son, too.
Here’s a list of the donations from the GOP candidate’s family to Reid (with help from CQ MoneyLine):
Jon Huntsman, Sr., Karen Huntsman $9,600 (2/4/09)
Peter, Brynn Huntsman $9,600 (12/31/09)
James, Marianne Huntsman $4,600 (11/30/09)
Jon Huntsman, Sr. $2,000 (11/2/04)
Jon, what did the Huntsman extended family give to Republicans during the same period? In my experience, it is not unusual for business people (read wealthy) to support all sides, so that they maintain access no matter who is elected.
As far as I am concerened Huntsman is a wolf in sheeps clothing. I live in Utah and I remember Mr. Huntsman, he is soft on most things that our country needs to be firm with. He calls himself a Republican, he is truely a RINO...Republican In Name Only. I for one will not vote for him, nor for Obama. Our country is in a downward spiral. To much government, too many politicans, too many lawyers, too many judges, too much graft, too many entitlement programs and too many of these formentioned thiefs, spending our money, for a vote so they, can stay in government. To spend more.