My profile of Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. went live today at Newsweek.com, and will appear in Monday’s edition of the printed magazine. The strong evidence that Huntsman is weighing a 2012 presidential campaign against his current boss is already generating some Beltway buzz, with items appearing on the Huffington Post and in Mike Allen’s Playbook. You can read the piece here: http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/04/the-manchurian-candidate.html
The most amusing part of the response so far has been Mike Allen identifying me in Playbook as “a young, Mormon reporter.” Technically true, though for the record, I’ll point out that I’d never met Huntsman or his family before our interview and, as far as I know, he’s not even aware I’m a Mormon.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the piece, and feel free to leave your thoughts here.
Great article. It’d be interesting to watch a game of chicken for the moderates/middle in 2012. Who will flinch first and go back to energizing the base? Surely Obama would have more tools in his arsenal to do so (a well timed veto, for example) with Huntsman to fall back on a less-well known governor’s record.
Personality-wise, he’s compelling. He has much more capability to form the political persona he would need than, say, Mitt or Huckabee would.
Yeah right, it’s just a coincidence you both wear the same garmies. Please.
McKay–I’m a producer for KSL TV. We’d like to interview you about “The Manchurian Candidate” for one of our shows. Please contact me at cmadsen@ksl.com. The show tapes Friday at 2:30.
Thanks!
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