Who's Writing Jon Huntsman’s Tweets?

Hint: It's not Jon Huntsman

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The media is all abuzz about Jon Huntsman’s Twitter account, which established a new tone on Thursday morning, when the campaign responded to Rick Perry’s thoughts on evolution with this little gem: “To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.”

Tweets like that—and one about the candidate’s love of Captain Beefheart—have earned @JonHunstman a lot of new followers, and even a charming shout-out from his daughters. Meanwhile, blogs from the Los Angeles Times to the Atlantic are saying that the candidate, “obviously feeling liberated,” has “found his voice.

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