interesting to see how this plays out. romney will not be with huntsman today here in myrtle beach for this announcement ahead of the debate tonight, kyra. it s interesting. when i had a chance to interview him last week, he said, oh, i have respect for romney. i think he is a great family man. it s really interesting how reporters like you get the inside scoop, and you can t necessarily get it directly from the candidate. meanwhile, huntsman making this announcement just a day after he got an endorsement from the state newspaper, peter. and he sounded so enthusiastic after his third place finish in new hampshire. let s take a listen once again, and i want to ask you about this. here we sit tonight, ladies and gentlemen, with a ticket to ride and to move on. here we go to south carolina! thank you all so very much. thank you. all right. so what changed? and what do you think is next for him? some say this is just a trial run for four years from now. you know, what cha
for a month. he set up shop in new hampshire. what does he have to do next week? what s the threshold for him to be viable? he needs to show that he can be someone who can appeal to republicans. he has ran as a moderate for a long time, then ran as a conservative. he hasn t made good use of his time. nobody knows what the huntsman brand is. there s no sign of him breaking through there. and it s going to be hard for him now because everybody s going to be focused on santorum. huntsman s not going to be the story. there s only one way for him to have a path forward, and that s romney s going to have to lose new hampshire. and some real blow dealt to romney that causes people, establishment republicans to say, man, mitt romney is a let me ask you this, john. let s say we have newt going after mitt really hard. it s going to hit him hard. you re going to have huntsman attacking mitt, you re going to
we haven t talked about the guy for a month. he set up shop in new hampshire. what does he have to do next week? what s the threshold for him to be viable? he needs to show that he can be someone who can appeal to republicans. he has ran as a moderate for a long time, then ran as a conservative. he hasn t made good use of his time. nobody knows what the huntsman brand is. there s no sign of him breaking through there. and it s going to be hard for him now because everybody s going to be focused on santorum. huntsman s not going to be the story. there s only one way for him to have a path forward, and that s romney s going to have to lose new hampshire. and some real blow dealt to romney that causes people, establishment republicans to say, man, mitt romney is a let me ask you this, john. let s say we have newt going after mitt really hard. it s going to hit him hard. you re going to have huntsman