Huntsman Backers Bank on Dogfight

From The Wall Street Journal:

Margaret Brodhead came to hear Jon Huntsman Jr. on Sunday night at her local high school and decided she liked him. "He sounded non-ideological," she said, "like he really understands the problems."

But Ms. Brodhead, a 55-year-old secretary from nearby Keene, wasn't ready to commit to voting for the former Utah governor. "I'm not convinced," she said.

So it goes with Mr. Huntsman. The former ambassador to China has staked his candidacy on New Hampshire, where he has held 120 campaign events and built a significant statewide organization. Still, polls show him hovering at just under 10% support.

But some Huntsman supporters argue that their candidate is positioned to ride a wave created by intensified tussling between the top two candidates in the GOP field, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

Mr. Huntsman's supporters say he is the kind of even-keeled candidate who will draw new attention from voters, especially if Messrs. Romney and Gingrich spend the next few weeks tearing each other down.