Huntsman en mode attaque.

Mon républicain préféré se distingue du reste des candidat(e)s républicain(e)s...

"Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is finally making good on his pledge to be more aggressive with his opponents, saying in a recent interview that he “wouldn’t necessarily trust” any of his opponents when it comes to the handling of the economy.

Huntsman, who sat down for his first Sunday show interview as a presidential candidate with ABC’s Jake Tapper, had harsh words for President Obama as well, saying that he lacked leadership and direction in the fight over the debt ceiling.

“I have to say that there was zero leadership on display in terms of my opponents . . . zero leadership on display in terms of the president, who should have used the bully pulpit well ahead of time. He should have walked away from the teleprompter. The people want you to speak from your heart and soul. Tell us where you want us to go. Tell us what you expect from Congress. Tell us what’s on your mind. That never happened,” he said in the interview, which airs on “This Week With Christiane Amanpour.” “And it waited until the eleventh hour and then we had some of my Republican opponents who basically, I think, recommended something that would have been catastrophic for this economy.”

Huntsman, who launched his campaign vowing to be civil, has struggled to gain traction in early polls, and with his moderate views and former job as Obama’s man in Beijing, has yet to find a constituency.

In the past week, with the entry of Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the race, Huntsman’s candidacy has become something of an afterthought, yet he gained some buzz this week over Twitter by taking Perry to task for doubting the science of evolution and global warming.

On Twitter, Huntsman declared: “To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.”

The comments went viral and boosted Huntsman’s Twitter footprint and also revealed a more combative, if humorous, side of the former Utah governor."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huntsman-gets-more-aggressive-with-opponents-obama/2011/08/20/gIQAb5wNSJ_story.html