Jo(h)n Huntsman, Media Darling

At least somebody likes him:

It wasn’t as disastrous as Newt Gingrich’s roll out (who, by the way, lost his finance team yesterday), but its hard to imagine how former-Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman’s official announcement could have better exposed the candidate’s flaws..

First, Jon does not spell his name with an “h” but you wouldn’t be able to tell that by the press passes his campaign handed out. They spelled his name “John.” The campaign also passed out materials locating Huntsman headquarters at 123 Main Street, phone number (123) 456-7890.

A fictional campaign headquarters is a decent metaphor for a candidate that has no real base of voters. Multiple outlets reported on the sparse crowd at Huntsman’s announcement, where the media seemed to outnumber actual supporters. Many of the attendees appeared to be have been bussed in from Washington, D.C.

The New York Times has already posted its vacuous 6,000 Huntsman profile which will run in this Sunday’s magazine. But there are signs the media is already growing tired of their favorite son. All the cable news shows cut away from Huntsman speech yesterday in less than 15 minutes. It was just too boring. Huntsman will be lucky if actual Republican primary voters give him that long.

As Ace said, the networks cut away after three minutes because four minutes would have put their viewers into an irreversible coma.

The Dems want this guy to be the candidate. That's why they've been talking him up for months, including Harry Reid's semi-endorsement yesterday. For them he's the perfect candidate - the moderate who won't go on the attack and will run a very ineffective campaign. He's 2012's John McCain.

No thanks.