In a battle of the also-rans in New Hampshire, Jon Huntsman released an ad slamming Ron Paul over his racist newsletters. The ad, titled "Unelectable," combines various clips from news media and past interviews with the Congressman. Here it is:
Huntsman's effort to generate some huntsmentum has been primarily focused on New Hampshire, where the more moderate Republicans of the Granite State overwhelmingly favor Mitt Romney. Polls indicate, however, that Hunstman is topping out at approximately 12%. Ron Paul, meanwhile, seems to have a solid hold on second place behind Romney. It's not really a surprise, given that the New Hampshire state motto is "Live Free or Die," since Ron Paul's views on health care policy could be summed up as "Live Free and Die." Huntsman is thus attacking Ron Paul to try and eat into the biggest bloc of Not-Mitt's in the state.
Ironically, Paul's coalition in New Hampshire is a lot like his coalition in Iowa -- young people, Democrats, independents, and isolationists, all of whom still seem far too willing to overlook the racist claptrap in the Congressman's newsletters. Huntsman's gotta be pretty miffed that these voters are going with Ron Paul, crazy kook of the Texas gulf coast, rather than the distinguished statesman with both executive and foreign policy experience.
One of the more interesting side stories to come out of the GOP primary has been the solid work of Huntsman's video team. While the mostly-sensible moderate from Utah never really caught on with voters (and I'll always have a soft spot for the man's daring pro-science stance) his campaign team continues to crank out really impressive videos and web ads that slam all of the other Republicans. His video crew's work on Romney's flip-flopping has been fantastic, and no matter which GOP Nopeful gets the nomination, there will be some excellent Huntsman videos left over from the primary to bash the poor fool.
