JON HUNTSMAN, GRUMPY NOT-SO-OLD MAN

January 4:

About two hours before Iowans trekked to their caucuses this evening, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman held what might be seen as a defiant campaign meeting....

And a voter gave him the opening he wanted by asking Huntsman if he had a message for the winner of the Iowa caucuses. "A message for the winner of the Iowa caucuses?" Huntsman asked with a smile. "Welcome to the winner. Nobody cares."

January 4:

On Wednesday, Mr. Huntsman dismissed his Republican rival Mitt Romney's latest endorsement from U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ.)...

"I have great regard for Sen. McCain. I love the man. But it's another example of the establishment piling on. And it seems the more the establishment piles on -- (Bob) Dole, McCain, all the rest -- nobody cares," said Mr. Huntsman....

Today (from a CBS reporter on Twitter):

Huntsman tells me of tnght's debate, which his staffers have said cld make/break him, "Eh, it's just another debate.. nobody cares anymore"

Really? That's his response to everything -- "nobody cares"? What characterization of Huntsman comes to mind when you read that? Angry? Arrogant? Clinically depressed?

Look, I'd be grumpy, too, if I seriously used to think I could win the presidency and then I spent months utterly failing to connect with anyone other than a bunch of elite-media journalists. But if I were Huntsman, by now I'd be back home lounging in front of the fireplace -- I'd have pulled a Pawlenty and quit long ago, before I wasted any more of my time. So my advice to Jon Huntsman is: stop whining and go get a real job.