he kind of put his differences aside and lived in farmington connecticut which is a very, very wealthy town. and he was coming from the poorest poorest place in sierra leone which was just dropped in this town a muslim boy who suddenly at church on sunday. that was fastening. i get so wrapped up in the story and that's one of the kids who is very charming but i like it very much. you know, i think that i got a little lost with his story, just put so much of it in the book and then my editor and you, and i think the publisher, read his story and realized it was taken over the entire book. there's still a lot of his story in there but i had to cut it down. >> but i guess there are alternative ways to tell the story, right? maybe you could tell the story, did you ever think about telling the whole story through one person? >> his whole story? >> or the story, the story of this book, you know? >> not like following several kids but one can? >> did it ever occur to you? especially within. >> yeah, i think a few of the kids in the book could have the own books, definitely. but to me what was

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so to use your name, matt b are farmington, utah, i say to you and to the other 16 jon huntsman supporterss our great country of ours, we are sorry we have not given the governor more attention. >> ouch. i'm sure you will get a few more comments from matt b. but talk about jon huntsman. he has decent numbers there but almost insulted iowa last night in an interview basically saying iowa picks corn, and new hampshire picks presidents. is he right or wrong? >> i suppose he could be right. historically speaking new hampshire has a better track record of predicting who will ultimately win the nomination. but jon huntsman, what are you thinking? he's pretty intelligent, up there with the newt gingrichs of the world being the smartest guy in the room but i honestly can't believe he said that to the good people of iowa. if i lived in iowa i think i would change my voter registration to new hampshire so i could vote against him there in two weeks. one of the more boneheaded things he's said out of the entire campaign. and huntsman has said some strange things before. jon huntsman, i know you think