Today Jon Huntsman will drop out and endorse a candidate he says is 'completely un-electable'

[WI_DEM]

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) informed his advisers today that he is dropping out of the presidential race. After his third place finish in New Hampshire’s primary, Huntsman declared that he had a “ticket to ride” but it appears the be on a bus owned by GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, whom Huntsman is now expected to endorse. “The governor and his family, at this point in the race, decided it was time for Republicans to rally around a candidate who could beat Barack Obama and turn around the economy,” Huntsman adviser Matt David said in a statement. “That candidate is Gov. Mitt Romney.”

While the statement was not an official endorsement, CBS reports “Huntsman is expected to throw his endorsement to current front-runner Mitt Romney.”

Last week, Huntsman told CNBC that Romney was making himself “completely unelectable.”

Huntsman’s decision may have been influenced by the fact that a powerful group of social conservatives called on conservative to coalesce around Rick Santorum as the anti-Romney candidate this weekend.


http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/15/404757/huntsman-out-endorse-romney/?mobile=nc

[MNBrewer]

1. That's too bad

Huntsman was the only GOP candidate who acknowledged a belief in the validity of science. Of course, that sealed his fate the moment he said it.

[demosincebirth]

2. He is still a republican out to destroy unions and the working class. Good ridence

[MNBrewer]

3. That's kind of a sad commentary

You're not going to get your wish in having no Republican on the Presidential ballot in the next election. Of all that slate, he would make the best president, should Obama not win. Now we're reduced to having nonscience as a guaranteed presidential possibility on the R side.

[demosincebirth]

8. Do you think he'll further the union cause if he became pres? In my lifetime no republican ever has.

They detest unions. One of the most anti-union states, Utah!

[MNBrewer]

9. No

But, if the worst case scenario happens and Obama isn't reelected, I'd prefer Huntsman to any of the others. At least he believes in science.

[Bandit]

4. Of course he will......

He is the only one that isn't completely absorbed by the Republican Cult..

[DCBob]

5. The entire field is a bunch of losers.

They are all unelectable... IMO.

[MADem]

6. Watch--he'll get a great speaking slot at the convention.

And we know that the paradigm for the last half century or so is that the speaker with the good slot ends up being the nominee in four to eight years.

He probably traded in his thrown-in towel for that nice podium timeslot.

And he'll run again in four years....

[Texas Lawyer]

7. Will both Huntsman South Carolina supporters choose Romney or will each choose a different candidate

[think]

10. Class warfare charges were just leveled by Huntsman against Obama in his Romney

endorsement speech. I have along list of expletives in mind but for now I'll just call him a jerk.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Sounds like he fell in line

and took a big gulp of that yummy GOP kool-aid.

Way to trash your old boss, asshole. The prez gives you a plum ambassadorship and you pay him back with a kick in the nuts. I guess that's politics.