Jon Huntsman presidential campaign, 2012

Jon Huntsman for President
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Campaign 2012 Presidential Election
Candidate Jon Huntsman
Former Governor of Utah
Former U.S. Ambassador to China
Affiliation Republican Party
Status Suspended, January 16, 2012
Headquarters Manchester, New Hampshire
Key people Matt David (Manager)
Neil Ashdown (Dep. Manager)
Conyers Davis (Operations Director)
John Weaver (Advisor)
Whit Ayers (pollster)[1]
Receipts US$5.9 Million (2011-12-31)
Slogan Country First
Website
Official Campaign website

The Jon Huntsman presidential campaign of 2012 began in mid-2011 when former Governor of Utah Jon Huntsman announced his candidacy for the Republican Party (GOP) nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 election. On May 3, 2011, Huntsman announced his intentions to file a political action committee with the Federal Election Commission (named "H-PAC").[2] Subsequently, Huntsman announced on June 14, 2011 he was running for President[3] and made an official announcement in Liberty State Park one week later on June 21, 2011.[4]

Huntsman sought to establish himself as an anti-negative candidate and take the "high road." In his announcement, he also stated "I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president."[5] Huntsman has aggressively touted himself as a fiscal conservative, with an economic plan which the Wall St. Journal labeled "impressive" [6] as well as a foreign policy moderate, calling for a decrease in defense spending and withdrawal from Afghanistan while increasing pressure on Iran and support for Israel.[7] On January 16, 2012, Huntsman announced his withdrawal from the race.[8]

Background

Career

Huntsman on Air Force One during his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to China

Huntsman served as Governor of Utah from January 2005 until August 2009. He resigned as Governor during the first year of his second term to serve as United States Ambassador to China, a position to which he was appointed by President Barack Obama. Speculation of a Huntsman candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential began circulating in the media as early as 2008 and 2009.[9][10] In August 2010, a group of political strategists with ties to Huntsman formed a political action committee now called "Horizon PAC" that had the resources to provide a framework for launching Huntsman's campaign in the event he chose to run. The PAC was formed in part as an effort to draft Huntsman into seeking the GOP nomination.[11]

In January 2011, Newsweek published an article entitled "The Manchurian Candidate" which featured an interview with Huntsman. When asked specifically whether he intended to run for president in 2012, Huntsman declined to comment.[12] The article generated significant speculation about a likely Huntsman 2012 presidential bid.[13]

On January 31, 2011, Huntsman submitted his formal resignation from his post as U.S. Ambassador to China. The resignation was to take effect April 30, 2011, and Huntsman indicated his plans to return to the United States by May 2011. This move spurred further widespread speculation of Huntsman making a 2012 Republican presidential bid.[14][15][16]

On May 3, 2011, after having left his post as ambassador and having returned to the United States, Huntsman formed an official fundraising political action committee, building on the efforts of the previously established Horizon PAC.[17] On May 18, 2011, Huntsman opened his 2012 national campaign headquarters in Orlando, Florida.

Political positions

Main article: Jon Huntsman Jr.#Political views

Huntsman is a Republican, with conservative fiscal credentials and a mixture of positions on social issues. He has been described as "a conservative technocrat-optimist with moderate positions who was willing to work substantively with President Barack Obama."[18] As governor, Huntsman listed economic development, health-care reform, education, and energy security as his top priorities. He oversaw large tax cuts and advocated reorganizing the way that services were distributed so that the government would not become overwhelmed by the state's fast growing population. He also proposed a plan to reform health-care, mainly through the private sector, by using tax breaks and negotiation to keep prices down.[19]

In a 2008 evaluation of state governors' fiscal policies, the libertarian Cato Institute praised Huntsman's conservative tax policies, ranking him in a tie for fifth place on overall fiscal policy. He was particularly lauded for his efforts to cut taxes, where he received the highest score on tax policy of all 50 governors. The report specifically highlighted his reductions of the sales tax and simplification of the tax code.[20]

Huntsman has strongly supported civil unions for years but not same-sex marriage.[21] As Utah's Governor, he supported legislation that would have allowed civil unions for same-sex couples in the state.[22] In 2007, in response to the problem of global warming, Huntsman signed the Western Climate Initiative, by which Utah joined with other governments in agreeing to pursue targets for reduced production of greenhouse gases.[23] He also appeared in an advertisement sponsored by Environmental Defense, in which he said, "Now it's time for Congress to act by capping greenhouse-gas pollution."[23]

On foreign policy, Huntsman has repeatedly stated, "We need to continue working closely with China to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program." He has also named Taiwan, human rights, and Tibet among the "areas where we have differences with China" and vowed "robust engagement" on human rights.

On August 31, Huntsman made a major policy announcement, calling for, amongst other things such as more aggressive action on completing free trade agreements, a tax policy modeled on the Simpson-Bowles plan, specifically[24]

Campaign details

Announcement

Huntsman announced his campaign on June 21, 2011 in Liberty State Park with the Statue of Liberty was visibly behind Huntsman while delivering his announcement speech.[4] The location was chosen in homage to President Ronald Reagan, who launched his own presidential campaign from the same location.[25] Referring to Reagan's announcement, Huntsman remarked in his own speech, "He assured us we could 'make America great again,' and under his leadership we did. I stand in his shadow as well as the shadow of this magnificent monument to our liberty."

In the lead-up to his official announcement, Huntsman gained attention for his campaign's unconventional TV ads, produced by veteran GOP strategist Fred Davis III, featuring a lone motocross rider traveling through rugged terrain as cheesy music plays in the background, while quirky facts about Huntsman appear on the screen.[26] These ads were widely parodied, including by the Utah Democratic Party[27] and former Senator Rick Santorum's campaign.[28]

A notable gaffe made by the Huntsman campaign in the moments before the announcement speech was misspelled press passes distributed to reporters on hand to cover the announcement which read "John Huntsman for President", erroneously adding an extra "H" to Huntsman's name.[29] Aides reportedly scrambled in an effort to cease the distribution of the misspelled passes.

Staff

Susie Wiles, who ran Rick Scott's successful 2010 gubernatorial campaign in Florida, worked first as executive director of H-PAC and then as Huntsman's campaign manager. Her appointment dovetailed with Huntsman's strategic emphasis on winning the early Florida primary. She resigned on July 21, 2011, stating, "I signed up to get it started. It’s like a phase. This morning I said it’s time to move on." She went on to explain that she had never intended to stay on with the campaign indefinitely, but instead had plans "to resume [her] life and get home." Wiles stated her intention to continue to be a "friend and confidante of Huntsman." Matt David, previously the campaign's communications director, replaced Wiles as campaign manager.[30]

The campaign hired Neil Ashdown, chief of staff to Huntsman when he was Utah governor and U.S. ambassador to China, as deputy campaign manager. Conyers Davis, who worked with former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and David Cameron's Conservative Party was hired as campaign operations director.[31] Matt David served as the campaign's first communications director, before replacing Wiles as campaign manager, with Jake Suski as deputy communications director and Tim Miller serving as Huntsman's spokesperson.[32][33][34] Kris Anderson is leading research for the campaign, with Shawn Reinschmiedt and Dan Comstock's M Street Insight doing research consulting work.[35]

In mid-June 2011, C. Boyden Gray joined the Huntsman team as policy chair. Gray served as White House Counsel to President George H. W. Bush and EU Ambassador under George W. Bush.[36] In early July 2011, Mark McIntosh was appointed as the Huntsman campaign's policy director. McIntosh had been working as counsel on energy and natural resource issues at Boyden Gray & Associates, and he previously served as Deputy General Counsel for the White House Council on Environmental Quality under President George W. Bush.[37]

John Weaver is serving as Huntsman's chief political strategist, with Fred Davis as a key media strategist in charge of developing Huntsman's online web videos and branding efforts.[38][39]

Fundraising

A day after announcing his campaign for President, Huntsman raised $1.2 million[40] Huntsman raised approximately $4.1 million in the first weeks of his candidacy.[41] Huntsman, who has a net-worth speculated to be between $11 million and $74 million,[42] was reported to have contributed "less than half" of his campaign's $4.1 million haul. Before his entry into the race, Huntsman was adamant about avoiding self-financing a campaign, stating "Unless you can raise it legitimately, you're not going to win".[43] However, Huntsman stated he would contribute in order to "prime the pump" during a campaign visit in South Carolina.[44] Huntsman and fellow Republican contender Mitt Romney have been sparring over many of the same donors, named "Moderate Donors" for their political leanings by MSNBC.[40] Utah World Trade Center President Lew Cramer switched his endorsement (and contributed) to Huntsman from Romney. In addition, Morgan Stanley chairman John Mack has donated to the Huntsman campaign.

With no obligation to do so due to his late entry into the race, the Huntsman Campaign agreed not to file FEC paperwork for the Second Quarter of 2011 ending on June 30, 2011 as reported by the ABC.[45]

In September, Huntsman reportedly contributed $500,000 to his campaign in order to make payroll.[46]

2011 developments

Huntsman speaking at a political conference in Orlando, Florida

Twitter remark and political positioning

To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

Jon Huntsman Jr.'s Twitter [47]

Huntsman gained media attention when he responded to Rick Perry's (R-TX) entrance into the GOP primary by attacking Perry's views on climate change and evolution through Twitter.[48] Huntsman's tweet was reportedly "re-tweeted" over 3,600 times – the most of any GOP presidential candidate. Although the tweet fed the impression that Huntsman was a moderate and provoked some backlash among strong conservatives, a few populist conservative commentators such as Erick Erickson declined to oppose Huntsman's candidacy overall, with Erickson writing on December 27 that he "continue[d] to hope Perry surprises in Iowa and Huntsman surprises in New Hampshire"[49] and stating on January 10, 2012, that he would rather have Huntsman "than Romney or Santorum".[50]

Huntsman was scheduled to speak at the Republican Leadership Conference held in New Orleans in June 2011, but canceled. He received 25% of the vote in the annual presidential straw-poll, finishing second behind Ron Paul (41%) and ahead of Michele Bachmann (13%).[51]

In media interviews following his apparent centrist attacks on Perry, as well as Bachmann,[52] Huntsman reiterated a "center right" position. On a This Week interview in August, Huntsman labeled himself a "center right candidate" for a "center right country" and criticized President Obama and his GOP opponents for representing "fringes" on the political spectrum.[53] Huntsman was frequently described as "the media's favorite Republican",[54][55] with a Florida Today columnist calling him "our man Huntsman".[56]

August debate

Huntsman participated in his first presidential debate on August 11, 2011, in Iowa. The debate was co-sponsored by the Republican Party of Iowa, Fox News, and the Washington Examiner.[57] Huntsman's first question, directed by moderator Chris Wallace was:

You supported a stimulus package in 2009. In fact, you said the Obama stimulus package was not big enough. As governor, you signed onto a regional cap-and-trade market. You endorsed civil unions for same-sex couples. And you served as President Obama's ambassador to China. Some people have suggested that maybe you're running for president in the wrong party.[58]

Huntsman responded by deflecting Wallace's criticism and argued that his compromise was necessary and that his record as Governor of Utah represented a fiscally conservative position:

I'm proud of my service to this country. If you love your country, you serve her. During a time of war, during a time of economic hardship, when asked to serve your country in a sensitive position where you can actually bring a background to help your nation, I'm the kind of person who's going to stand up and do it, and I'll take that philosophy to my grave... In terms of the stimulus you talked about, it was failed. And let me tell you what I talked about with respect to the stimulus. I talked about the need for more tax cuts in the stimulus... We had done historic tax cuts. We created a flat tax in the state of Utah, exactly what needs to happen in this country. We got the economy moving. We became the number-one job creator in this nation and the best managed state. That's exactly what needs to happen in this nation. I am running on my record, and I am proud to run on my record.[58]

September to December

In early September, Huntsman began shifting campaign resources from Florida to New Hampshire[46] by moving staffers to New Hampshire, giving the Huntsman campaign the largest operational staff in New Hampshire at the time. The development came as the Campaign reorganized New Hampshire operations, firing its campaign manager in charge of the state, Ethan Elion.[59] Elion was replaced by Sarah Crawford Stewart, who had served as state-director of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's New Hampshire campaign before he suspended his bid after the Ames Straw Poll.

Huntsman received a major endorsement in late-September 2011 in the form of Tom Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania and former Secretary of Homeland Security under George W. Bush.[60] Ridge appeared with Huntsman at an event at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire who called Huntsman "the only candidate with demonstrated success at the state, national and international levels." After the endorsement and a series of campaign events in New Hampshire, a Suffolk University poll showed Huntsman in third place in New Hampshire with 10% of likely voters, behind Mitt Romney (41%) and Ron Paul (14%) and ahead of Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin (who had not yet declared an intention of running) and Newt Gingrich among others.[61] Huntsman made New Hampshire the focus of his campaign, and held over 100 campaign events there.[62]

When the state of Nevada threatened to move up its nominating contest which would have interfered with the New Hampshire primary, Huntsman elected to "boycott" Nevada and skip a presidential debate held in Las Vegas on October 18, 2011 in protest.[63]

In late 2011, Huntsman was endorsed by several New Hampshire-based newspapers. The Keene Sentinel and the Valley News both endorsed Huntsman on December 18 over neighboring Governor and front-runner in the state Mitt Romney [64] In addition, the Concord Monitor, the daily newspaper of New Hampshire capital Concord endorsed Huntsman on December 22[65] Huntsman increased his presence in the state as the year closed, as the pro-Huntsman "Our Destiny" PAC began to increase ad buys in the state[66] A Boston Globe poll released in late December had Huntsman polling in double digits, drawing 11% versus 17% for Gingrich and Paul. All three nonetheless remained well back of Romney at 39% support, however.[67]

Although Huntsman emphasized his opposition to negative campaigning, he did run an ad attacking Ron Paul which implied that Paul's views were outside the mainstream and that used the Twilight Zone theme as background music.[68]

2012 Caucuses and primaries

Iowa

Huntsman's wife Mary Kaye campaigning in New Hampshire ahead of the primary.

Huntsman, who held no events in Iowa,[69] finished seventh in the January 3 Iowa caucuses with 0.6% of the vote, ahead of only withdrawn candidate Herman Cain and minor candidate Buddy Roemer.[70] Huntsman labeled the results of the Iowa caucuses, which saw Mitt Romney defeat Rick Santorum by eight votes, "ambiguous" after the conclusion of the vote and reiterated a focus on the January 10 New Hampshire primary.[71]

New Hampshire

Ahead of the New Hampshire primary, Huntsman received newspaper endorsements from the Laconia Citizen[72] as well as the Boston Globe, the largest newspaper in neighboring Massachusetts, rival Romney's home-state.[73] According to Politico reporter Jonathan Martin, Huntsman campaigned in a dual manner, with a style and manner suggesting moderation while his SuperPAC aired TV ads which depicted him as conservative.[74]

By the weekend before the January 10 primary, polls showed Huntsman in strong competition with Texan Ron Paul for a second place showing in New Hampshire, behind front-runner Romney. A Pulse Opinion Research poll on January 4 showed Huntsman narrowly behind Paul 19–16%,[75] while an American Research Group Poll on January 7 showed Huntsman edging Paul 17–16%,[76] though both remained well behind Romney.

Huntsman ultimately received 17% of the vote in New Hampshire for a third place finish, although exit polls suggested he won just 10% of Republicans in a primary that was not restricted to registered Republicans.[77]

South Carolina

Huntsman stayed in the race after his 3rd place finish in New Hampshire, campaigning in South Carolina ahead of the January 21 primary, though he expressed that his expectations in the state were "very low", and stated that his primary goal was to "stay relevant" in the race.[78] Nonetheless, Huntsman received the endorsement South Carolina's largest newspaper, The State on January 15.[79]

Withdrawal

On January 15, 2012, it was announced that Huntsman would be withdrawing from the race the next day and endorsing Mitt Romney.[80]

Endorsements

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