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Obama administration in china. he was in new hampshire this past week. he's positioning himself for a run. he's in a gun store in new hampshire. he was a former governor of utah, so he's trying to shore up those prudentials, but what's interesting is he's positioning himself not as a gun-toting conservative candidate, but as a more pragmatic candidate. andrea mitchell, is that going to fly in this republican party? >> it's very much a big question, open question, as to whether jon huntsman can be viable in this party. it's a place where the bush family now goes, having lost mitch daniels as a ...

He's positioning himself for a run. he's in a gun store in new hampshire. he was a former governor of utah, so he's trying to shore up those prudentials, but what's interesting is he's positioning himself not as a gun-toting conservative candidate, but as a more pragmatic candidate. andrea mitchell, is that going to fly in this republican party? >> it's very much a big question, open question, as to whether jon huntsman can be viable in this party. it's a place where the bush family now goes, having lost mitch daniels as a running horse. he's opened a campaign headquarte headquarters, or he wi...

Story and the republicans are trying to tell a deficit story. that's the distinction. >> another candidate, jon huntsman, of course, the returning ambassador for the obama administration in china. he was in new hampshire this past week. he's positioning himself for a run. he's in a gun store in new hampshire. he was a former governor of utah, so he's trying to shore up those prudentials, but what's interesting is he's positioning himself not as a gun-toting conservative candidate, but as a more pragmatic candidate. andrea mitchell, is that going to fly in this republican party? >> it's very mu...

Soon as he started to move to the middle, they started to tank. so the question i have for you is floridians, that's a purple state, that is not a blue state or red state, are floridians, like some in the other parts of the union, trying to send a message that what they want is a more conservative candidate? >> absolute will. just ask the seniors in florida, the cuban american community in florida. this is a bellwether state as we all know and it's send ago message right now, and it doesn't mean there's no room for moderates anywhere. i think each election is local. but i'm telling you, rubio ...

Evan bayh had become sort of an informal chairman, if you like, of a group of centrist democrats in the senate who were trying to work on the commission. it should be noticed, anderson, as well, that evan bayh had the voting record, he had the highest amount of opposition of any democratic senator to president obama. in that sense there may be a silver lining. that also shows how far he thinks the president has veered left. >> briefly on john mccain, is j.d. hayworth a serious challenger? >> he could be. you know, no one took scott brown seriously early on. look, he came out of nowhere. what's...