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Chuck Warren, a Salt Lake Republican strategist who endorsed Romney in the primary and has fundraised for the younger Huntsman’s gubernatorial bid, dismissed the speculation as “ridiculous.”
“I mean, people who believe this are the same people who espouse a theory that Big Foot is making crop circles with his space ship,” said Warren, whose firm is Silver Bullet. “Besides the obvious fact that Mr. Huntsman is not Gov. Romney’s accountant… he is simply a more honorable man than that. He doesn’t work in the shadows, and because you donate $9,600 to someone, probably less than .0001% of what Harry Reid collected that cycle, doesn’t make them BFFs.”
Another Utah powerbroker who endorsed Huntsman in the primaries was similarly incredulous.
“Personally I would REALLY doubt [Huntsman Sr.] is behind this — Harry has tons of other dubious source possibility,” the source e-mailed. “And [Huntsman Sr.] is behind Mitt now, too.”
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“I don’t know if Huntsman likes to go bowling with Romney, but I can’t imagine he doesn’t want a new president,” said Warren, adding, “This is just a stupid theory and people who believe it are wearing aluminum foil around their heads. Hell, I thought Republicans had the corner on aluminum foil market. Apparently I was wrong.
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