Perfil de la Señora Huntsman

Mary Kaye Huntsman, esposa de Jon Huntsman y madre de sus siete hijos, tiene poco que ver con las esposas de los otros candidatos. No sólo comprende la ambición de su marido, sino que lo incita a buscar la Presidencia.

POLITICO.com:

Mary Kaye Huntsman stands out from the crowd of prospective 2012 presidential spouses in one important way: she actually wants her husband to be president.

In a season of reluctant partners, she’s not only supportive of Jon Huntsman’s presidential run but a key force in making it happen.

In her maiden outing on the trail in New Hampshire, she showed an easy familiarity with retail politicking. She’s also been a central player in the decision-making process — most notably, she pushed to base the former Utah governor’s campaign in Orlando, Florida, where she grew up. Perhaps most important, she says she’s at peace with, and fully committed to, the prospect of her husband’s presidential run.

“I am very comfortable. I feel very much at peace about it. At the end of the day it’s his decision, and he knows we are 100 percent behind him. … I believe in him,” Mary Kaye Huntsman said.

That places her at sharp odds with several other wives who blanched at the prospect, expressing — either privately or publicly — profound misgivings about the idea of putting their families through a grueling bid for the White House. Most recently, it was Cheri Daniels whose reticence played a critical role in her husband Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’s decision to forgo a 2012 campaign.

Mary Kaye Huntsman shows no such reluctance to enter the fray. If anything, she’s tempting the fates by inviting even more scrutiny.

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