Despite focusing all of his campaign’s attention on New Hampshire instead of Iowa, former U.S. ambassador to China John Huntsman came in third in Tuesday’s primary. Independent favorite Ron Paul took second place with 23 percent of the vote while Iowa caucus victor Mitt Romney won a comfortable lead at 39 percent. Todd Zwillich, Takeaway Washington correspondent and Anna Sale, reporter for It’s a Free Country, the politics website for our co-producer WNYC, give their thoughts on what these results mean for the rest of the GOP race.
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