you, else, the correct answer is thaddeus mccover. a short-lived and little-noticed campaign for the republican nomination for president that ended around the same time that tim pawlenty's campaign did. interesting about thaddeus mccover and tim pawlenty, they were the first two candidates to drop out of the race. they both endorsed mitt romney when they dropped out with, but the next to candidates to get out of the race did not endorse, neither herman cain nor michele bachmann, neither of the next two candidates to get out of the race after thaddeus mccover and tim pawlenty made an endorsement of anyone, any other candidate when they quit. so today when jon huntsman quit, when jon huntsman advanced the inevitable and quit his campaign, it was ant foregone conclusion that he would make an endorsement. and given how jon huntsman campaigned for the presidency, there was really no reason to expect that his endorsement would be for mitt romney. >> you can't be a perfectly lubricated weather vane on the important issues of the day. romney