January 16th, 2012
Article by Kasie Hunt and Philip Elliott
Jon Hunstman has decided to drop out of the GOP race and endorse Mitt Romney. He said that Romney was "best equipped to defeat Barack Obama" in the general election. In his resignation speech, he also pleaded with the remaining candidates to stop attacking each other in commercials. "At its core, the Republican Party is a party of ideas, but the current toxic form of out political discourse does not help our cause," he said. Last week he called Romney out of touch and unelectable.
He dropped out less than a week after finishing third in New Hampshire. His suspending of the campaign brings up the lingering question: who will be a strong conservative challenger to Romney. While Hunstman has the proper qualifications to run the country, he lacked the funds and his ideas did not entice voters like he hoped. He also joined the race a little late, not resigning from his position as ambassador to China until April. He formally kicked off his campaign June 22. His resignation came the same day South Carolina's largest newspaper, The State, endorsed him as president.
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