Despite the amped-up rhetoric and nearly non-stop coverage, Election Day 2012 is still a long way off. There’s still plenty of time for candidates to build their base of support and for a darkhorse to emerge in the Republican field to surprise everyone. That said, the stark reality for former Utah governor and recently-departed Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman shown in one new Iowa poll suggests he’d better get on the stick if he wants to play in the first contest of the presidential cycle.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=111062