dimanche 28 août 2011

In a conservative field, Jon Huntsman struggles for footing

As he brought his campaign for the presidency back to New Hampshire, Jon Huntsman Jr. anticipated the doubts about him. He alluded to it in his stump speech, about as close as he ever comes to acknowledging that some Republican listeners might question whether he is too moderate for their taste.

?I?m not trying to be everything to everybody . . . ,? he told audiences. ?I?m running on my record. You?re not going to like 100 percent of it.? And then to dampen the effect of this admission, he aimed for humor, intent on persuading his more conservative listeners that it is all right to like him, adding with a grin: ?My wife disagrees with some stuff.?

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