FINALLY! Huntsman, Jr. To Drop Out Of GOP Presidential Race

As if New Hampshire did not tell him enough, maybe the fact that there is no way former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. could muster any votes anywhere makes this decision easy.
He is finally dropping out of the Republican nomination for president.
GOOD! It is about time.
After literally living in New Hampshire since he resigned as The Dear Leader, President Obama's ambassador to Red China, all he managed was about 15% of the vote and a very weak third place.
But for some reason, maybe he was delusional, Mr. Huntsman, Jr. saw that as a sign. That maybe, maybe those that voted for Sen. John "F--- You" McCain, excited about the recycled "Country First" slogan were gonna come out and push him to the top.
But, as the combined polling over at Real Clear Politics shows, uh, not so much. When you are fighting with the Texas governor, Rick Perry, for fourth place, that must have been the sign. The sign that South Carolina is not going to say "Country First".
For some inexplicable reason.
Stop right there.
There is an explanation.
The reason that Mr. Huntsman, Jr. never caught on with the Republican grass roots is because his brain trust, led by the worst campaign "strategist" in either party, John Weasel, er Weaver told him to ignore them. Appeal to the moderates and independents. That is the ticket. Oh, and totally ignore Iowa.
Here is a clue.
If you already write off states to maybe win the nomination, they might as well be written off in the general election as well.
So, why did Mr. Huntsman, Jr. allow his brain trust to do that to him? After all, this guy is really pretty conservative. I mean, sure he believes in Globaloney Warming. And yeah he is a little squishy about same-sex marriage. And he did serve as The Dear Leader, President Obama's ambassador to Red China.
But I do think that he could have overcome those obstacles had he made a serious effort to attract the conservative base.
Mr. Huntsman, Jr. did not make any serious effort with the Republican base. In fact, when one looks deep at the New Hampshire primary results, it appears much of Mr. Huntsman, Jr's. support came from Democrats and people that do not like the Tea Party as Ed Morrisey points out over at HotAir.
The lesson that people like Mr. Weasel, er Weaver and his bunch do not get and seemingly never will is this. A candidate, running for the Republican presidential nomination, needs to appeal to Republicans first and formost. And to really have a chance, he or she should appeal to the the majority of the party, which is now a conservative one. Like it or not.
It is almost kind of sad that his campaign is coming to an end. Because had he done things right, he might well have been the Republican front runner and not Mitt Romney.
Well, I wonder if Mr. Huntsman, Jr. will be gracious in bowing out or mad that we just did not see his political hotness? We shall see about 8 am Pacific Standard Time tomorrow.