Huntsman busts out
Huntsman sneaks up on the competition.One of the most surprising post presidential-election developments has been the rise of Jon Huntsman Jr. as a star on the national stage. The political press corps and Barack Obama's transition team discovered that Utah's governor is, for lack of a better political term, cool.
Huntsman wowed 'em at a recent GOP governor's meeting by spouting off a Chinese proverb* in Mandarin. Chris Cillizza, politics blogger at the Washington Post, was just one example of the national press's gushing:
He is an expert on China and speaks Mandarin Chinese fluently. He is far more progressive on the environment than many within his party. He has built a record of economic recovery and growth during his first four years in office at which even Democrats marvel. And, most importantly (and interestingly), he sees himself as a force for bipartisanship in Utah.Before everyone in Utah starts hyperventilating about the Huntsman-Mitt Romney Mo-mentous 2012 Presidential Duel, read The Salt Lake Tribune's Robert Gehrke's ultra-concise analysis of Huntsman's presidential potential.
Unlike the national scribes, Gehrke has followed Huntsman's rise from the beginning — which wasn't so long ago. The Guv's weakness, Gehrke says, is the necessary, but soul-destroying, talent of fund raising. (And nobody, nobody, raises money like our soul-free Mittster.)
The truth is, Huntsman's political mettle has never been tested. Up to now, our blue-sky Guv's biggest problem has been how to spread around massive revenue surpluses. Come January, he's got to guide our ham-handed Legislature in delicate budget surgery with a chainsaw.
*Had an interpreter been present, I'm sure it actually would have translated to "Never give a sucker an even break."
6 Comments:
As anyone can discern, Governor Huntsman and Mitt have always been able to display their business talents in the playing field of the world stage
As anyone can discern, Governor Huntsman and Mitt have always been able to display their business talents in the playing field of the world stage
Huntsman is a Rino (Republican in name only), whom supported McCain.....kinda of the kiss of death in Mitt circles! Huntsman is a liberal of the likes of Chris Cannon and will go down in similar fashion!
Does Huntsman have his hand on (or in) Palin's ass? Looks like it to me.
I'm your BACK DOOR MAN!
Much like the business world and religious heirarchies, you get ahead in politics by doing nothing but looking the part.
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