Mr. Huntsman brushed aside his poor showing in the recent Ames Straw Poll, where he finished with less than 1 percent of the vote, well behind Mrs. Bachmann, who won with almost 29 percent.
Mr. Huntsman, 51, has been polling under 3 percent in most national polls. But he said his campaign is in good shape and that he expects to be competitive in next year’s New Hampshire primary.
“In New Hampshire, they pick presidents; in Iowa they pick something else,” he said. “We’re going to do well in New Hampshire. I like exactly where we are.”
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David Eldridge joined The Washington Times in 1999 and over the next seven years helped lead the paper’s coverage of regional politics and government, Sept. 11, and the sniper attacks of 2002. In 2006, he was named managing editor of the paper’s Web site. He came to The Times from the Telegraph in North Platte, Neb., where he served as ...
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