Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, who is in the second day of a three-day campaign swing through South Carolina, stopped in Myrtle Beach.
/ Holly Morgan
Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman visited Myrtle Beach Thursday morning.
About 30 people showed up to greet the Republican presidential candidate, who is in the second day of a three-day campaign swing through South Carolina.
He spoke to the crowd at the Marina Inn at Grand Dunes about energy, taxes and moving the country forward.
"We have some of the greatest colleges and universities on Earth. We have the most innovative, entrepreneurial and creative class of people on Earth. We're the most productive workers on the planet. We're 25 percent of the worlds GDP. We have the most courageous, well prepared, brave armed forces this nation has ever seen. What we don't have is confidence. We don't have leadership. We don't have a plan. So, Obama runs in 2008 on this thing called hope. Proving a point that you can run on mantra. Proving the point that you can run on mantra, but that doesn't mean you can lead," Gov. Jon Huntsman said.
The former Utah Governor is looking for votes in advance of South Carolina's Jan. 21 Republican primary, which is the first in the south.
"We're going to surprise the world, folks, in New Hampshire and then we're going to come here in South Carolina and do the same thing based upon leadership, based upon real solutions for the American people," Huntsman added.
The winner of the South Carolina primary has gone on to win the GOP nomination every presidential election year since 1980.
Former Attorney General Henry McMaster, former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, and 15th Circuit Solicitor Greg Hembree were just a few of the local and state politicians who showed up to hear Huntsman.
He stopped by the NewsChannel 15 studios for a taping of Carolina This Week with Tim McGinnis after speaking at the Marina Inn. You can see that report Sunday morning at 9.
Huntsman also plans to stop at Converse College in Spartanburg.
On Friday, he will visit Winthrop University in Rock Hill.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
