from a wilderness. character that made the desert bloom and the cities rise. it is official as we knew it would be. jon huntsman is the latest to get into the race for the 2012 presidential nomination. mark, let me let you come into this. here is my take. this is the first time for a vast swath of america will ever have heard jon huntsman speak. to present himself as a potential president. how did he do? not very well at all. he didn t say anything wrong. the problem is most americans don t know who he is. he doesn t have any energy behind him. when you have to give a speech like that, you need to strike the attention of the american people. he gave a garden variety speech. he doesn t have the energy behind him. 60% of the electorate in the primary know who he is. that is a great point from a
reports he willç withdrawal fer troops and general david petraeus. if that is support troops, that is acceptable. if they come out of the 30,000 surge, that say matter of concern. we have colonel jack jacobs now. i m used to having you here next to me, jack. how are you doing today? i m not bad. i m in nashville today. good for you. let s talk about what general petraeus suggested. 3,000 drawdown by the end of the year. 10,000 would be more than double that. what is your reaction? it sounds like a lot. it is not really a lot. you are talking about less than 10% of the total troops that are really there. the president would really like to have the large majority out of there by election day. that will not happen. you are talking about a 10%
how he thinks he is a better alternative and president obama. that appeals to new hampshire voters. not sure if it appeals to the activists. he was, of course, obama s ambassador to china. here is what david axelrod had to say about him earlier. take a listen.ç this was in the fall of 2009 about what the president was doing. he was encouraging on health care. he was questionable about what was go on in the party. you would think he would wait until 2006. well, wayne, as axelrod, you knew huntsman. is he similar to obama? would you vote for him? when he tapped huntsman for the ambassadorship for china,
oh, my gosh. that thing is incredible. take a look at the nebraska tornado as the huge funnel cloud takes dead aim at freight trains. details ahead. 3,000 more residents are forced to flee their homes in arizona where firefighters have been hampered by winds and dry weather while senator mccain takes heat on who starts wildfires. americans warn afghanistan is about to take a massive turn and president baracy obama is announcing his decision on withdrawing troops. i m chris jansing. jon huntsman is minutes away from making his announcement. liberty state park is the place where ronald reagan, more than three decades ago launched his campaign for president. we are seeing governor huntsman walk in with his family right
protection. it is time for the senate to speak. when this time comes, i believe we will find a strong bipartisan majority that is in favor of authorizing our current military operations in libya and seeing this mission through to success. that is the message that gadhafi needs to hear. let s vote on it as soon as possible. senator john mccain moments ago on the senate floor introducing the authorization for limited use of military force in libya. mccain says he believes president obama did the right thing by intervening there, but mishandled the congressional rule. the president will announce the withdrawal of troops for afghanistan tomorrow. the president has not finalized the decision, the l.a. times