Utah County Republicans last weekend took time from important party convention debates, including one on a "Resolution opposing the Hate America anti-Christian Open Borders cabal," to discuss Gov. Jon Huntsman's waywardness. Huntsman has been expressing disdain for the direction of the national GOP, and on the home front he has come out in support of gay civil unions.

Huntsman, who has made it clear he will not run for a third term, went as far as to say Utah's marriage amendment may not prevents gay civil unions. Provo delegate Emily Clark says the party core "boiling" and worried about the direction Huntsman is taking:

How verbal do we need to get to the governor? In talking with other delegates, we feel we need to play a better role. I don't know that they know how to be loud.

Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who has his eye on Sen. Bob Bennett's seat, told the Utah County delegates that Huntsman is wrong on gay civil unions — the state Constitution absolutely prohibits them. "That is not a question for the courts to decide. There is no further question on that."

Meanwhile, Chris Cillizza reports that Huntsman, who has been speaking to GOP groups around the nation, was snubbed by Michigan Republicans:

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. ... was also supposed to make a fourth appearance [in Michigan], but Kent County Chairwoman Joanne Voorhees canceled the event on Monday.

"After conducting further research on the Governor and his change in position on issues, we feel it is best to cancel our event," wrote Vorhees in an email obtained by the Fix. She added that "voters want and expect us to stand on principle and return to our roots . . . unfortunately, by holding an event with Governor Huntsman, we would be doing the exact opposite."

Cillizza points out that Republicans in Kent County may be political throwbacks: "former president George W. Bush carried it by 55,000 votes in 2004 but last November President Barack Obama won it by 1,600 votes."