E.J. Dionne Jr.: Why Jon Huntsman failed
From the beginning, I thought Jon Huntsman had a better shot of breaking through than most people believed. Back in June 2011, I wrote a column arguing that in a field that was so predictably conservative, there might be space for a candidate who showed some independence. “So, yes, Huntsman is a long shot,” I wrote then. “But he’s the only Republican waging something other than a standard issue conservative campaign and the only one directing most of his energies toward voters who don’t take their cues from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. This will at least earn him attention. It might even win him some votes.” Read full article > >
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E.J. Dionne Jr.: Why Jon Huntsman failed