NY Times: Huntsman Says He’s Quitting G.O.P. Race

[LuckyTheDog]

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jon M. Huntsman Jr. informed his advisers on Sunday that he intends to drop out of the Republican presidential race, ending his candidacy a week before he had hoped to revive his campaign in the South Carolina primary.

Mr. Huntsman, who had struggled to live up to the soaring expectations of his candidacy, made plans to make an announcement as early as Monday. He had been set to participate in an evening debate in Myrtle Beach.

A third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary last week failed to jump start his flagging candidacy, aides said, and his campaign limped into South Carolina with little money. Mr. Huntsman has spent days pondering his future in the race, but aides said that he concluded he was unlikely to topple Mitt Romney or match the momentum of his Republican rivals in the conservative Southern primary.

Mr. Huntsman will endorse Mr. Romney’s bid for the Republican nomination this week, according to several people who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/huntsman-says-hes-quitting-g-o-p-race/?hp

[underpants]

1. The only hope they had of beating Obama

bye John

[Charlemagne]

14. Did you have that post

a number of days ago about him being the only true threat in the election? it was a very interesting take on the situation.

[bullwinkle428]

2. Proof that Stephen Colbert is the new "Dragonslayer"!

[grantcart]

10. lol

[Bigmack]

3. I could never vote for him... but he was the only one of the bunch with a functioning brain. nt

[spanone]

4. ...and he's endorsing the mittster

"A senior official with Jon Huntsman's campaign says Huntsman will drop out of the GOP race Monday and endorse Mitt Romney"

www.cnn.com

[rsmith6621]

6. Mormon supporting the Brother Regardless....

..off whether he agrees with what he says.

[julian09]

9. Well, he's getting behind Romney, because religious right, got behind Santorum this weekend.

that is worse than Romney winning.

[JSnuffy]

5. No surprise there...

[Ikonoklast]

8. Endorsing Rmoney, now that was a big surprise.

All the money is lining up behind Mitt now, after SC only Paul will linger on barely alive, the rest will be walking corpses.

[morningfog]

12. Amazing that the corpses hang on.

I can't quite figure out what Paul is doing. He is only competing in non-winner-take-all states and will just keep going, I guess. He'll speak at the convention. But, he won't get a second thought at VP and he has all but ruled out a 3rd party run.

[Ikonoklast]

15. I guess he is laying groundwork for the future. Rand has been there with him all along.

Since Ron isn't a kid anymore he wants to ensure that the heir apparent of the Libertarian family business is confirmed in the minds of his followers.

[morningfog]

11. I honestly don't think he is a horrible guy, he seems reasonable.

But, he holds beliefs antithetical to mine and is an inept campaigner.

[Charlemagne]

13. was he as crazy as the rest?

I never heard much about him (I dont care for the republicans so I never bothered to pay much attention). Though he has an interesting background in foreign policy. Probably one of the most important (and difficult) foreign posts you can get.

Was he Backmann and santorum crazy? Or just a copy of Mitt?

[SaintPete]

18. Decidedly not crazy like the rest

As has been stated up thread, Huntsman was the closest thing they had to sane, and because of it he was doomed from the very start.

[ellisonz]

16. He must really dislike Newt and Co.

[Rosco T.]

17. Romney/Huntsman 2012

you heard it here first ,well first as I can, didn't find it in a search

[morningfog]

19. It would never happen. The mormon ticket. Dead on arrival.