“The dramatic setting of this Huntsman announcement is just emphasizing how uninspiring the speech is by comparison.” wrote the Washington Examiner’s Philip Klein earlier, as former Utah governor Jon Huntsman announced his campaign for president.

That sentiment was echoed by reporters and bloggers on Twitter, although many media outlets have written favorably of Huntsman’s moderate sensibilities in the run up to his announcement. Other reports ciculated that Huntsman press passes mispelled his name, and the address for his campaign office was incorrect.