Salty Balls

Apparently Jon Huntsman had very high expectations for the New Hampshire caucus, for some time now. It was said that he put all of his campaign hopes on this caucus in the article by Patricia Murphy (the Daily Beast). Huntsman finished the New Hampshire caucus with 17% of the vote, coming in third place behind Mitt Romney who scored 40% of the vote, and Ron Paul who pulled in 23% of the vote. This improvement of his stand in the polls has promoted a sense of confidence in Huntsman, which is well and fine as long as cockiness doesn't come along as well. It seems as though he has even higher standards and expectations for the South Carolina caucus due to his new found "victory", which may leave him very disappointed due to the location difference. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich's conservative views and Gingrich's reputation as Georgia's representative in the house, give these two guys the upper hand over Huntsman. So even if coming in third in New Hampshire significantly helped his campaign, if I were Huntsman I wouldn't be popping champagne bottles anytime soon.

Money Makin' Santorum

1/4/12
Author-Politico
After losing the Iowa caucus by only 8 votes on Tuesday January 3, 2012, Rick Santorum somehow hit a political jackpot. Gained from mostly small donations over the internet, Santorum's generous supporters raised a total of $1 million for his campaign. Santorum's top startegists also told politico that his online donors crashed the server from the rapid amount of donations given. Santorum may have won some more hearts over by going on CNN wednesday January 4th and clarifying that he did not say that he did not want to help black people and although contraception is immoral, it shouldn't be illegal.
          This goes to show that anything can happen in these elections, and with the right amount of support your campaign can be 1 million dollars richer.. in a day.

Money can't buy respect.. But respect can help you earn money!