07.02.12
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — There's a harbour that Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman loves to pop out from time to ever as he campaigns across New Hampshire: "What language do you want me to answer in?"
Tossing out a judgement or two in Mandarin gives Barack Obama's former U.S. ambassador to China an possibility to showcase his foreign policy credentials and position himself as a cultural cross over-builder. Not to come off as too highbrow, though, Huntsman also adopts a fake New Hampshire cadence at times and joshes about eating lobster rolls for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Both ploys tip-off at the challenge facing Huntsman, whose defining moment in the Republican presidential raceway could be here, and now, in the towns and villages of New Hampshire.
After sitting out the Iowa caucuses and investing all his hopes in this federal, Huntsman has struggled to find a voice that resonates with voters. The former Utah governor is proud to disclose that he's no longer "the margin-of-error candidate" — in New Hampshire, at least. But he'll basic to do far better than that for his campaign to continue after Tuesday's primary.
Source: The Associated Press