I don't interpret it beyond what the party chair told me yesterday when he called, and that was that it involved just a couple of people and it was not representative at all of their state party.

Kent County, Mich., GOP Chairwoman Joanne Voorhees cancelled a Saturday event featuring Huntsman after learning the Utah governor supports civil unions for gays, saying:

This is a critical period of time for our party as we work to gain back the confidence and trust of the people of Michigan. As was evidence from our most recent Tea Party, the 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.

Gary Glenn of the American Family Association’s Michigan branch told the Tribune,

Presumably he [Huntsman] is testing the waters [for a presidential run] and we hope he realizes now the waters in Michigan will be hazardous to someone who endorses the homosexual activist political agenda.

A Michigan Republican faithful posted his support for dumping Huntsman:

So Voorhees is starting to "get it".
but GOP leaders are still planning to meet with Gov. Huntsman? Obvious that they dont really get it.
Hello, Pay attention! we dont want you either!

It's like the supernova theory of politics. If they can just shrink down, down ever smaller, ever tighter, ever denser, around the time the party consists only of Limbaugh, Joe the Plumber, and Palin, suddenly they'll just explode in a blast of pure conservatism that will sweep away all before it and everybody will be a Republican forever.

All things considered, it's a good time for Huntsman to lay low in China.