President Bill Clinton perfected the trick that politicians ever since have been practicing -- the Friday night document dump.

Enter Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.

After a leisurely pace of bill signing so far (just 18), Huntsman put his Jon Hancock into overdrive and signed 103 bills Friday -- nearly a quarter of the 450 or so bills passed during the session.

Then, in true Clintonian fashion, he sent out a press release after 5 p.m. Friday and quickly disappeared -- unavailable for comment should anyone want to know why he signed this or that bill, particularly a handful of controversial ones.

Nosey reporters had to settle for spokeswoman Lisa Roskelley. And, frankly, she didn't know the ins and outs of some of the bills or the governor's reasoning.

Here's a bet: When the Guv signs the landmark liquor law reform that he pushed so hard to get through the Legislature, it won't be with 102 other bills and announced in a Friday evening document dump after he's left the building.

-- Dan Harrie