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Huntsman believes voters look to him as ‘realist’

Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman said today that he believes voters will look to him, as a “realist,” when they cast their ballot, rather than to the candidates who have gotten more attention. “If you don’t light your hair on fire, you don’t sign those silly pledges, you don’t have all those oops moments, you’re not going to get as much airtime, and people won’t talk about you as much,” Huntsman told attendees at the Center for Civic Engagement at New England College’s College Convention. “[Voters] will enjoy watching the circus play out and all of the political theater until they have to stare down the ballot box.”

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