The official announcement will come tomorrow. Alas. (Below: the “ticket to ride.”)
Huntsman was the best potential president in the GOP field, but his incompetent campaign and personal douchiness (to use the technical political-science term) eliminated any chance he had of overcoming the RINO-ish parts of his biography and platform to seriously challenge for the nomination. My lyrical Twitter farewell:
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that Mormon used to make me smile
And I knew that if he had his chance, he’d see his poll numbers advance
And maybe he’d lead Romney for a while
But losing to Ron Paul made me shiver
His potential he could not deliver
Bad news on the Twitter
Before long he’d be a quitter
I can’t remember if I cried
When I heard that soon he’d step aside
But something touched me deep inside
The day #HUNTSMENTUM died
So bye-bye, RINO governor guy
Playing the centrist in the primaries was not gonna fly
The Grand Ol’ boys that you so love to decry
Are sayin’ this will be the day that you die
This will be the day that you die