Jon Huntsman: "I'm a scrapper. I'm a fighter" New Hampshire Primary Results 2012


CONCORD, N.H. — Aloft Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman vowed Tuesday to columnist on to South Carolina afterwards finishing third in the New Hampshire primary on which he had staked his antagonism – and admitting huge hurdles ahead.
"I say third abode is a admission to ride, ladies and gentleman! Hello, South Carolina!" Huntsman told supporters at a Manchester restaurant.
Huntsman active to that accompaniment Wednesday adverse aloft challenges in the chase for his party's presidential nomination. He is abundantly alien there, has little infrastructure, and has aloof 10 canicule to authorize himself.
But he was upbeat afterwards finishing abaft aloft Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, both of whom approved the 2008 nomination.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I anticipate we're in the hunt," Huntsman said, arena off his campaign's common alarm to "Join the Hunt."
Huntsman, 51, who skipped the Iowa caucuses and affianced his hopes on a able assuming in New Hampshire, entered the chase aftermost summertime to aerial expectations, but he struggled from the alpha to win over bourgeois Republican voters. He again told voters that he wouldn't "set his beard on fire" to acquire acclaim or votes and casting himself as the articulation of acumen in a attack division he likened to the absoluteness appearance "Survivor."
Asked whether they'd adopt their adopted admiral to accommodation in adjustment to get things done or stick to their principles, a majority of voters chose compromise. Sixty-four percent of voters alleged themselves bourgeois on budgetary issues, but alone 38% advised themselves bourgeois on hot-button amusing issues such as same-sex alliance and abortion.
For Huntsman, who staked aggregate on the Granite State, the after-effects presaged asperous amnion ahead. The aloft Utah governor bedeviled amid the 17% of voters against to the Tea Affair and the 12% of voters annoyed with the Obama administering -- not absolutely architecture blocks for a acceptable Republican choice strategy.
Huntsman, additionally a aloft agent to China, basically angry Romney amid those voters who admired acquaintance aloft all else. Unfortunately for him, that accumulation alone comprised a division of the New Hampshire electorate.
Paul, meanwhile, ran best amid the young, the poor, and self-described amusing liberals -- appropriately ambiguous for a GOP primary contender.
Now the chase accouterment to South Carolina, a Southern kingmaker accompaniment that has best every Republican choice champ back 1980. The state, accepted for fights on atomic amusing issues, aback promises to be the arena of a attenuate GOP action with chic warfare overtones as Romney's opponents ambition his career at Bain Capital. Perry accused Romney this anniversary of practicing "vulture capitalism."
"President Obama wants to put chargeless action on trial," Romney told supporters Tuesday night. "And in the aftermost few days, we've apparent some atrocious Republicans accompany armament with him. This is such a aberration for our affair and ... for our nation."
Time will tell.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/10/jon-huntsman-new-hampshire-primary-results-2012_n_1195646.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/10/politics/new-hampshire-exit-polls/?hpt=hp_t1


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