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Servant:
The mormon's are growing, they are very Republican, and they carry more and more weight in the party. And, they have money.
There is a growing acceptance of mormon's as political partners since they share many of the same conservative "values" as evangelicals.
He's more modererate that the others that are running, but its a hyper conservative field, splitting a vote, he won't be splitting votes with anyone. Especially in Iowa/NH/SC
Great organizational skills, and political IQ. He's the only Republican that the Obama team is scared of (as previously noted.)
Successful Gov, plenty of Mormon money to come his way, and a great campaigner. When he announces and makes a splash, it'll change things.
Brink, Mitch will be a force, I just don't see him winning the Presidency, maybe the nomination. But Huntsman can beat Obama, and in my opinion he's the only one that can. Question is, as properly noted, can he get out of his Primaries?
While the Mormon population is growing, their rate of growth is not very great. While they are very republican and have deep wallets, 35% of the mormon population lives in Utah. On top of that 76% of the entire mormon population lives in the west. Those facts alone means that Huntsman can't rely on just his mormon connections.
As you noted, in the general election it would be a close race between Huntsman and Obama; but Huntsman will have a hard time getting the delegates needed, from all the other states not named Utah, to win the party's nomination. I just don't see the south ever letting that happen. I think T-Paw has more of a chance of winning the nomination than Huntsman does.