jon huntsman is not worried about iowa, nevada or 47 other states either because jon huntsman is focused like a laser beam on one place. >> we're going to focus singularly on new hampshire. that's not an overly expensive market. that's a market where the add lie stevens shoe leather is important. we're connecting with the people they like the message. >> for jon huntsman it's about new hampshire where he's connecting with the people. in a yahoo! news profile publ h published yesterday, that was the headline, jon huntsman confirms in the last quarter his campaign reported two donors, deux, two. this is not a representative sample. this is the total universe of people who have given jon huntsman's campaign any money at all in new hampshire in the past three months. in the total universe of people is two, two people, for $1,000 in total. that sounds bad on its face. given a little perspective, it also sounds quite bad. against jon huntsman $1,000 raised in new hampshire, the state that is his singular focus, we should note former new mexico governor and current fringy republican candidate g

former utah governor, jon huntsman. thank you for being here. >> pleasure to be with you. >> bret: first, the path to the nomination, the latest polls are out. the new cbs poll out, a national poll shows herman cain topping the list. your listed at 1% in the national poll. if you look at new hampshire, the latest, the most recent poll, nbc marist poll you are there at 5%. what is the path. he looks presidential and like what is he said. >> look at new hampshire. that is where they get to see the candidates in front of town hall meeting and house parties. we have gone from zero to 10, 11% in recent poll and you can get 5-8% in other polls. we are moving in the right direction. we have done 80 events in new hampshire. that people want to know your heart and soul and want to see you work for it and earn it. that's what we're doing. >> bret: your fundraising $4.5 million. cash on hand is $328,000. you have $3.1 million in debt. that is concerning for those saying are you in it for long haul? >> this is like the marketplace.

so it will be interesting to see what jon huntsman does. if anyone needs to drop out, hala, before the first votes in iowa, i would say it's jon huntsman but i don't think that's going to happen either. >> mark preston, senior political editor, live in las vegas, the site of that cnn debate which will be hosted by anderson cooper. and the big question of course is who will come out on top. 8:00 p.m. eastern on tuesday. >>> we know the consequence when's students cheat. but it's a whole other issue when their teachers do it. fallout from the atlanta testing scandal is coming up next. [ female announcer ] for over 30 years, we've been dedicated to helping our students succeed in america's most in demand careers. we provide you with instructors who are professionals working in the fields they teach. it's an education designed for today, from a university that holds the same level of institutional accreditation as america's top schools. experience the university of phoenix difference at phoenix.edu. >>> georgia has started disciplining teachers

up next, jon huntsman is polling at 3% in iowa. jon huntsman who gave his policy address today trying to position himself as the only republican in the race with any foreign policy experience at all which is true, jon huntsman is out of his 1% in every poll doldrums. now he is now polling at a full 3% in iowa as of today. true or false? false. you may have been confused about this today if you saw this tweet from the folks at public policy polling. jon huntsman leads gary johnson 3-1 for eighth place in iowa. that's supporters, not percentages. we called the folks just to make sure we understand this. the full poll is due out tomorrow and yes they did not find 3% of likely iowa republican caucus goers supporting jon huntsman. they found three people total for governor huntsman. jon huntsman is not polling at 3%. he is polling at three persons. so one true, one false

. >> this is why -- >> i like jon huntsman. >> i like jon huntsman. i need more of that. >> exactly. >> that we just saw. bring it on. good morning, everybody. it's tuesday, october 11th. welcome to "morning joe." with us onset we have the columnist for the "new york times" and president of the council on foreign relations richard hoss. in washington, washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. good to have you with us. i love jon huntsman. >> you can say it again. i love that. that's the side of him the guy should show. >> you call someone who acts like a moron a moron. and you say it. you just go there. >> there is no doubt about it. you look at the flurry of polls that are coming out today that we're going to be showing today and it just illustrates that this type of politics does not work. i've said it time and time again and offended michele bachmann supporters and sarah palin supporters. >> right. >> and glenn beck viewers, but the fact of the matter is, at the end of the day, rick perry's type of politics doesn't go national. richa

but for now jon huntsman joins me from new hampshire. he says he'll stay there rather than joining all the fun in las vegas. what's this all about? why are you avoiding the lure of sin city? >> well, piers, thank you for having me on. let me just say that we have a very, very important issue playing out here, and that's the viability of the new hampshire primary. why is that important? because the primary here, the first in the nation, is the window through which the american public begin to understand the candidates, who they are, what they stand for and their vision for a better america. and you begin to jeopardize that process by other states like nevada most recently leapfrogging in the process, making new hampshire virtually irrelevant as you move it forward. i say that is totally nonsense. we're going to stand with the people of new hampshire on this. we're going to speak out openly and vocally. we've chosen to boycott nevada. the caucus system. we know the people of nevada are experiencing high unemployment, high foreclosure rates

please welcome jon huntsman. (cheers and applause) thank you. hey, governor, thank you so much for coming on. sir, what a pleasure. i love having the candidates on to hash out the issues. >> the honor is mine, thank you for having me. >> stephen: i know. now i should just warn you i have a superpac so legally we cannot coordinate our, your campaign with my superpac's money so don't say anything that you mean. you were obama's ambassador to china legally i have to do that. how can i trust you. you work for o bomba. >> let me tell you this. i was raised with the belief in my family that you always put country first. that when your president asks you to stand up and serve, particularly during a time of and economic hardship, you do as told. >> stephen: are we at war with china (laughter) >> based on this interview we could end up there and i hope we don't. but-- (applause) but listen, i'm one who beefs in putting country first. i know there are certain members of my own political party who will say that huntsman guy, no how, no way, no way could i

the field of candidates is smaller with jon huntsman boycotting the debate because nevada moved up their caucus date. the iowa caucuses moved up to january 3rd.

this one from jon huntsman. his daughters. they've been having fun with herman cain and this new ad is basically a parody of this new ad with cain's chief of staff smoking a cigarette, but instead of smoking cigarettes, they blow bubbles. >> tomorrow is friday. one day closer to the weekend. we strongly believe that our dad has the experience and proven track record to revive america's economy and create jobs. ♪ >> huntsman's three daughters have made quite a presence for themselves. they're on social media, mainly twitter. they call themselves the huntsman 2012 girls. >> popular following. that's an actual jon huntsman campaign, little viral ad. very cute. very funny. better than smoking. >> healthier for sure. >> thanks very much. >>> let's discuss what's going on in our strategy session. steve hildebrand, he was the deputy campaign manager for the obama campaign 2008. also, mary, worked on a lot of campaigns over the years. mary, what do you make about all these ads now going viral? do they actually help these respective

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jon huntsman is saying no to nevada completely taking the state off his campaign calendar. the former utah governor is not happy with the state's decision to move its gop caucus ahead of ham hmm new hampshire's primary. he said he made other plans in new hampshire. >> so i say if you're going to boycott nevada, you boycott the debate, straight up, fully loaded and so tuesday night we're going to be here as we will be on monday, campaigning and doing town hall meetings and sharing our vision with the people of new hampshire and answering questions that people in new hampshire have about where this country needs to go. >> let's go straight to new hampshire right now, live with cnn political producer rachel t streitfeld. >> reporter: he's focusing on the state for a couple of reasons. one, it is more socially moderate than some of the oriole nominating contests he could compete in. also, independent voters here in this state can vote in the republican primary. huntsman is hoping to scoop up some independent voters with his more moderate message on social -- some social issues.

jon huntsman had no chance of winning here in nevada. what is interesting is that he's the former utah governor, which is just across the border here. but he realized he was not going to win nevada. he's making a political play. he's going to new hampshire now. s going to hold a town hall at the same time as the debate. he's saying, vote for me, be on my side. if he doesn't win new hampshire, jon huntsman doesn't win the republican presidential nomination. >> you had the chairwoman yesterday morning on and she's not moving. >> she's not moving. it is remarkable. it seems easy to people outside of the process. all you have to do, nevada, is move your caucus three days. and everybody can be happy. we can all get along and play nice. she says firmly we're sticking with the 14th of january. that causes the problem for new hampshire and which could cause a problem, fredricka, for all of us, if you will, especially these two guys, they can end up in new hampshire before the holidays, all right? if new hampshire decides to move. and you all exp

>> jon huntsman is making a point. nevada is thinking of moving the caucuses up which would affect when the new hampshire primary takes place. it's a big battle. the earlier your caucus is the more money you make. really that's at the bottom of the saw. you pour more money into your economy and that's what nevada needs and wants. something else nevada wants, they want to be heard here. mayor goodman, i asked her about this, too. she said, we feel ignored during this political season, at this point in this political season. we really are a microcosm of the entire nation. our population is diverse. you can't really say that about new hampshire or iowa. candidates need to come here. they need to actually talk to people. they can't wait till the very last minute, until it's all over essentially. they need to come here and see what the real problems are in america. you're right, christine. highest foreclosure rate in the nation. they've been pummeled by the housing market. they said they need candidates to come here and tal

>> jon huntsman perhaps, but i think jon huntsman still has his focus on mitt romney as much or more than herman cain. but we'll see tonight. it will be telling depending on who poses what kind of question or in the exchanges that take place, who does exchange with whom, because that will tell you who they feel is a real threat to them, getting to the point they need to be. that's what makes these debates so interesting. tonight's debate is all about the economy. the sole topic of the debate is economic issues. so this is an opportunity for all of them to layout in ways they have not been able to do or have chosen not to do what they think about the biggest issue in the country. >> it is clearly the biggest issue in the country. we expect they will be asked about the occupy wall street protests and a lot of other really dynamic issues, plus specifics as to how they would deal with the economy, but there are other issues out there. social values have certainly been terribly important to voters. we have seen what happened with the firestorm over religion, calling jeffress a moron yeste

jon huntsman, as you know, says hes all in in new hampshire. even moved his national campaign headquarters here. even lesser known candidates like much -- buddy roemer have moved to the state. gary johnson has also basically moved to the state, and you're finding a number of candidates spending a lot of time here. most of them, practically all of them are in the state of the next few days. host: james pindell of wmur-tv in manchester, new hampshire, sarah palin said that she was not running, and chris christie. what was the overall reaction to those two candidates? guest: very few people wanted chris christie to run in new hampshire. he was basically a washington and a new york story. people are interested and like him, but it was not a lot of buzz. no organizing of a draft chris christie effort. sarah palin has never been populain new hampshire. she would have skipped t state. we did include her in the poll because she was making her decision. she w at 3%, in between newt gingrich and rick santorum. host: james pindell has been on the phone fr

live in "the situation room," the man who used to work out with president obama, jon huntsman now want his woman. t"the situation room" now starting with wolf blitzer. >> a program raising new concerns about cyber attacks, experts are washing, this virus may be just the beginning. >>> also, another troubled government investment comes to light. details of what happened to another green company after it received millions of dollars. >>> i'll talk about that an much more with the other mormon candidate, jon huntsman. he joins us live this hour. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> it's one of the u.s. military's most important weapons systems playing a critical role in the fight against terror. and now there's new growing concern over the computers that concern drone aircraft. they're infected with a persistent virus but it is only part after much, much bigger threat. our correspondent chris lawrence is investigating all of this for us. chris, what are you picking up? >> right now, officials don't know if this virus is benign or truly doing harm. it has not stopped the pil

. >> reporter: the other mormon in the republican race, jon huntsman dismissed the entire debate. >> here in new hampshire that is seen as the most ridiculous side show in recent politics. >> reporter: romney also faced questions about his religion during his first presidential run in 2008, responded to it by pulling a page from the kennedy catholic book. he mentioned the word mormon just once. >> if i'm fortunate to become your president, i will serve no one religion. >> reporter: but in 2012, even evangelical leaders say most christian conservatives won't fixate on romney's faith but not

the others are running on fumes right now including jon huntsman and newt gingrich, both of whom are in debt. you even see tim pawlenty raised a million dollars in the third quarter. he's still in debt from a campaign he abandoned in august. the big story out of the numbers is that rick perry is in this at least for the first few primary contests. that's where it's going to determine how long term a candidate he is. >> jon huntsman, his economic policies are endorsed by the "wall street journal." on paper, he's the one a couple years ago, last year, that many insiders said the white house was most concerned about, jon huntsman. you see him pulling up there. a campaign, some say when you look at how much money he's raising, could be on fumes. tim farley, nice to see you this monday morning. one day, four to go. we want to remind you that cnn and the western republican leadership conference are hosting the next republican debate. several candidates will face off in las vegas. jon huntsman is skipping this go-around, he's taking sides with new hampshire over nevada in the fight over the

mitt romney and jon huntsman. both mormons. there has been some tension between attendees and occupied des moines protesters. shannon travis is at the event in des moines. bring us up to speed. what's going on? >> reporter: well, what's going on right now, deb, in this building behind me, about 1,000 people, about 1,000 eye wants, many christian evangelicals. this is a huge gathering for iowa conservatives right now. many of the presidential candidates are slated to speak. herman cain, michele bachmann, rick santorum, newt gingrich and the texas governor, rick perry. i caught up with him a few minutes ago as he was arriving and glad handing and greeting people. and i asked one quick question. take a listen to this. >> reporter: why is this an important event for you to be at today? >> absolutely. yr why? >> first in the nation. you have to be here. >> reporter: you've got to be here. let's talk about who is not here. that would be as you mentioned earlier, mitt romney and jon huntsman. in terms of mitt romney, i questioned the

no intention of ever. >> -- no attention whatsoever. >> why is it jon huntsman getting any attention? >> he missed a great chance -- chris wallace's requested, would you accept $10 in cuts for $1 of tax increase? that was his chance to say "i am different." >> every presidential campaign as somebody who the press likes because they are smart, thoughtful, and that's been successful. -- and have been successful. bruce babbit was like that years ago. for some reason, that individual flames out. >> is it too early to say he has flamed out? >> he has a spending -- he is the spending in all on new hampshire. with closing loopholes and deductions, rick perry promised to do that. he comes out with a plastic that is 20% maximum -- a plan that is 20% maximum, but also gives you the option of going under the existing system, encouraging the deductions and loopholes. >> i been studying the recovery plan. i cannot figure it out. -- i and studying the rick perry plan. i cannot figure it out. it would make the tax code more complicated. >> instead of just letting the plan sit out there, he raised th

we're joined now by republican jon huntsman. when we spoke last time, i know a lot of republicans in pennsylvania, where my brother is very active as a republican, who are very good on science, well educated, believe this country's got to compete with countries like china. they have to know technology and science. they can't become luddites. >> so how do you break through? you're not going to break through in a straw poll. this is artificiality at the extreme in politics. you go to iowa, bus people in per capita, pay them, put randy travis in a tent, and ask for their vote. who's not going to vote for you in those conditions? you might win iowa and might win florida, but eventually we'll get to new hampshire where you've got to earn the vote. there's no artificiality associated with new hampshire, you've got to get in there, grind it out, town hall meeting after town hall meeting, house party after house party. we've got 80 events now in new hampshire. you begin to feel when you connect with people on the street. when you're in

jon huntsman is boycotting tonight's event. huntsman is spending all his time and effort in new hampshire telling cnn it's a vegas move to put all his chips on the granite state. >> i like where we're going in new hampshire. all the polls show we're moving up. we're now in low double digits this is exactly where we want to be. we want a steady, gradual substantive ride. whoever makes it through the new hampshire primary always bursts upon the political stage with viability down market. >> iowa republican party chairman matt straw is blaming florida and nevada for causing chaos in the calendar. he said i will do everything in my power on the rnc to hold florida accountable for creating this mess. but the culpability for creating a compressed january calendar does not end there. time remains for nevada to respect the process, honor tradition and rectify the problem in a way that will restore order to the nomination calendar. >>> the recent jump in the polls and a spotlight on the presidential race focuses on herman cain. he is su

it was jon huntsman, with how many attacks on his opponents? 19. unfortunately for huntsman, the whacks don't seem to have provided much momentum given his place in the polls. 19 times at bat for jon huntsman and that's tonight's big number. >>> that's "hardball" for now. up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. that's why i recommend crest pro-health clinical gum protection. it helps eliminate plaque at the gum line, helping prevent gingivitis. it's even clinically proven to help reverse it in just 4 weeks. crest pro-health clinical gum protection.