Gov. Jon Huntsman won re-election in a resounding landslide. Part of that overwhelming approval came from Utah's Indian community. Huntsman who loves all things Indian, from his adopted daughter Asha to the spicy pickles that he says sustained him through the campaign, celebrates Diwali, or the festival of lights, at the Governor's Mansion every year.

This year, amid the religious chanting and political chatter, Huntsman learned that the Indian Community might love him a little too much for his ambition's sake.

A speaker at the dinner heaped praise on Huntsman, finally concluding by reminding the Indian community it should rejoice that Huntsman's hard work to get John McCain elected president had come to nothing.

Gov. Huntsman would have been offered an appointment that we know he would not have refused. And we want to keep him here in Utah.

High praise indeed.