Newsmax ^ | April 20, 2011 | Jim Meyers
Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 8:28:36 PM by RobinMasters
Republican Pete Hoekstra, who served 18 years in the U.S. House, tells Newsmax that Donald Trump is the only potential GOP presidential candidate who has “captured the imagination” and says a Trump candidacy could “resonate very, very well” with the voters in 2012.
The veteran lawmaker, who was the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, also asserts it is just a matter of time before Islamic extremists attempt another attack in the U.S., charges that the Obama administration’s policy on oil drilling must share the blame for soaring gasoline prices, and says the country can’t survive another four years of Obama’s “failed leadership.”
Hoekstra was first elected to represent Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District in 1992. He did not run for re-election in 2010 and instead mounted an unsuccessful campaign for governor in Michigan. But he says he may run for the U.S. Senate in the future.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Hoekstra was asked to assess the potential Republican candidates for president in 2012.
“I think there’s a lot of candidates out there. No one’s clearly captured the imagination of the field right now except perhaps Donald Trump,” he responds.
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