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Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman, who is leading a group to draft a third-party presidential candidate, is encouraging Jon Huntsman to make an independent bid for the White House. “I would hope he would do it, frankly. He’s someone that I would support,” Whitman said Friday in an interview with POLITICO. “It is, to an extent, taking on the party, which is awkward, always — because it is another process that is not part of what we’re traditionally used to,” Whitman said. “For those who were in office, it’s difficult to stand up because you are taking on...