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Title: Aides: Huntsman to withdraw from GOP race, endorse Romney
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URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politi ... s-presidential-race/52587668/1
Published: Jan 16, 2012
Author: Jackie Kucinich, USA TODAY
Post Date: 2012-01-16 00:42:07 by Ferret Mike
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Comments: 5
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman will drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination today, a campaign adviser confirmed Sunday night. The news of the decision comes the same day Huntsman received the endorsement of The State, the newspaper in Columbia, S.C., and nearly a week after finishing third in the New Hampshire primary, where he had focused his campaign. The campaign adviser spoke on condition of anonymity because Huntsman plans to make the official announcement. Matt David, a spokesman for Huntsman, told TheNew York Times that Huntsman will endorse former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Huntsman, 51, appears to have received little, if any, boost from his showing in New Hampshire and is still placing at the bottom of most national and South Carolina polls in the low single digits. He formally entered the race in June, well after many of his Republican rivals such as Romney who had already formed campaign organizations and fundraising networks. Huntsman served as President Obama's first ambassador to China but resigned effective in late April. His stint in the Obama administration was viewed skeptically by some GOP voters, but Huntsman defended it as service to his country. From the beginning, Huntsman had vowed to be a different kind of candidate — from his early videos highlighting his love of motorcycle riding to his demeanor in the Republican debates as the adult in the room. As the campaign developed, Huntsman began drawing sharper contrasts with his rivals, especially Romney. When Romney said before the New Hampshire primary that he liked "being able to fire people" — a comment taken out of context during remarks on health care — Huntsman said it indicated his opponent is "slightly out of touch with the economic reality playing out in America right now, and that's a dangerous place for somebody to be." Huntsman has lagged well behind his Republican rivals in fundraising. His campaign had about $3.1 million in debts at the end of September, according to the most recent campaign-finance reports available. A "super PAC" supporting Huntsman called Our Destiny, whose donors include his father, had bankrolled TV ads in New Hampshire that helped raise his profile. Huntsman did not air his own paid TV commercial until a few days before the primary, and it was funded partly through campaign donations and money from Huntsman himself and his wife, Mary Kaye.
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Should someone remove the "kick me" sign from Huntsman's back? Nahhh.......
As I predicted prior to the New Hampshire primary, Huntsman dropped out after New Hampshire. Ron Paul is ringing up some very important endorsements in South Carolina. He is going to do better than the pundents expect. After the South Carolina primary, watch for Newt Gingrich to drop out.
Anyone who would endorse Romney is not worthy to be president anyway. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
He wants to be Secretary of State in a Romney administration.
And then endorse Romney. The elitists all compete with each other, but at the end of the day, they all belong to same club. And Ron Paul ain't in it.
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” -- Samuel Adams --
#2. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Iran’s main drive for acquiring atomic weapons is not for use against Israel but as a deterrent against U.S. intervention -- Major General Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate
#3. To: Ferret Mike, *Ron Paul for President* (#0)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#4. To: hondo68 (#3)
Iran’s main drive for acquiring atomic weapons is not for use against Israel but as a deterrent against U.S. intervention -- Major General Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate
#5. To: jwpegler (#2)
watch for Newt Gingrich to drop out.
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