you a live picture courtesy of the reuters news agency. this is a place in manhattan where at least many journalists in the reuters agency think, they think at least mr. strauss-kahn is going to appear tonight. we ll keep our eye on that picture as the night plauz out. also i m in concord, new hampshire because a prospective candidate for president was here today. jon huntsman. a month ago he worked for president obama. now he s trying to sell himself as the best republican to take on his former boss. down the hill? man: all right. we were actually thinking, maybe. we re going to hike up here, so we ll catch up with you guys. [ indistinct talking and laughter ] whew! i think it s worth it. working with a partner you can trust is always a good decision. massmutual. let our financial professionals help you reach your goals.
of the poor and the working families. and they highlight some of the accomplishments of the administration from reforming wall street to the health care law to the ledbetter act that gave equal pay to men and women, wolf. good report. this controversy will continue. lisa, thanks very much. that s it for me. thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. john king, usa starts right john king, usa starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com thanks, wolf, and good evening tonight from the state capitol in concord, new hampshire. we spent some time here today with a man who a month ago called president obama boss but is now selling himself, very politely, mind you, as the best republican to win the white house next year. that doesn t mean somebody is better than the next guy. it just means you have a different approach to problem solving and doing business. more on john huntsman and the sudden surge in the 2012 campaign pace in a moment. plus
you rise in the republican party right now by slashing contrasts and attacks on barack obama. can a republican win the nomination by saying he s a nice guy, i just disagree with him? i think probably not. but he s in a transition phase. it was just three weeks ago he was working for barack obama. so presumably there s going to be a period of time before he s going to feel really comfortable taking him to task on the things the obama administration has done. so he s waiting patiently, you think? that s a great so he s criticizing policies, policy on libya, suggesting criticism on afghanistan, criticizing the individual mandate and health care plan. but i think he never speaks president obama s actual name, at least at this point. but the day will come when that will not be enough i think for republican primary voters. is it the day will come, be patient, get a better sense of the field and then go more on the attack, or do they have the perception, jeff zeleny, that as much as
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excuse the car alarm going off. he doesn t like the political labels, liberals, conservatives, he views himself as a pragmatic problem solver. the question is, can you win a primary saying, i m not a conservative, i m a pragmatic problem solver. we might be able to find out, my friend. all right. going to let it go. john king, good to see you, as always. you know what, it sounded like jon huntsman was saying, i m just being a nice guy in complimenting somebody. is that going to work? he just said that he was a nice guy. is that going to work? it s a great question because our politics have become polarized. even president obama got tough in 2008 when he had to. the republican primary is