You know that feeling you get when somebody's pulling a fast one and you suddenly realize, "He's goofing on me"?

That's how I felt when Gov. Jon Huntsman announced the members of his Commission on Strengthening Utah's Democracy, Ethics and Other Swell Stuff. Actually, it was when he named KSL Radio talk jock Doug Wright that I almost blurted out, "Come on Guv, who's really on the commission?"

Doug Wright? Why not Fox's Big Budda? At least that would put another minority on the panel.

Unfortunately, the Guv was not messing with us in the Capitol's Gold Room. His commission to fix Utah's miserable excuse for ethical standards also includes automotive magnate and land developer Larry Miller (whose poor health prevented him from attending the press conference); lobbyist LaVarr Webb, fellow lobbyist Frank Pignanelli, whose wife Huntsman appointed to the tax commission; pollster Dan Jones, whose wife Sen. Pat Jones is also on the committee, Orrin Hatch's campaign manager, a smattering of party hacks, and, of course, lawyers.

With the exception of a couple semi-normal humans, such as political scientist Kirk Jowers and Bishop John Wester, the governor has assembled a commission of political insiders that is a microcosm of what is wrong with Utah politics — not a blue-ribbon panel to fix it.

You can read the Deseret News' take on it here.