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2009-05-17 Home Front: Politix

Utah GOP governor is Obama's pick as China envoy

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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Good opportunity to stock up on yuan before serious inflation hits the dollar. Then shop around to start up a business in a real pro-capitalist environment afterward.

I didn't see a Utah governor being a front-runner in 2012 ...

Don't underestimate making 'lots' of contacts for non-traceable small card donations/transfers for the election fund. Doesn't even have to be restricted to Buddhist monks.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-05-17 08:47|| 2009-05-17 08:47|| Front Page Top

#2 "But I grew up understanding that the most basic responsibility one has is service to country."

Try very hard to remember, Gov. Huntsman, that the person appointing you has the exact opposite understanding.

Sounds like Huntsman is a very good person for the ambassadorship - so what's Bambi's real motivation?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-05-17 09:37|| 2009-05-17 09:37|| Front Page Top

#3 so what's Bambi's real motivation?

China....................................Utah

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-05-17 10:37|| 2009-05-17 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 So what's the going rate for a Utah governorship? Let's ask Blagojevic...

Posted by Seafarious 2009-05-17 11:05|| 2009-05-17 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 so what's Bambi's real motivation?

Name a Donk who's tasted power and ask yourself, would you trust them? Particularly with an important post with the largest bond holder of US capital.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-05-17 12:56|| 2009-05-17 12:56|| Front Page Top

#6 There's this from HotAir on May 5, 2009
Obama campaign manager: I fear Jon Huntsman the most in 2012

There is one republican presidential candidate that President Barack Obama's campaign manager fears the most in 2012...and his name is Jon Huntsman Jr.

This week for Governor Huntsman, good things are coming in threes.

Not just the fear from the Obama campaign, but also an important phone call and a weekend spent testing the waters in a key primary state.

While no republican presidential candidate yet makes Obama's team "shake in {their} shoes...," President Obamas campaign manager, David Plouffe, tells the U.S. News and World Report that Governor Jon Huntsman makes him, a "wee bit queasy...I think he's really out there speaking a lot of truth about the direction of the party."

To which Kirk Jowers of the University of Utahs Hinckley Institute of Politics says, "Huntsman has positioned himself in a great place right now because he is the only presidential candidate really running in the middle right now."

Huntsman spent the weekend in Michigan which is a key G.O.P. primary state.

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2009-05-17 13:41|| 2009-05-17 13:41|| Front Page Top

#7 For Huntsman, it's a chance to burnish his credentials and position himself as a viable hopeful -- perhaps for 2016 if Obama is seen as a strong candidate for a second term in 2012.

What are the odds that the GOP will nominate someone who was a de facto member of the Obama administration?

Posted by charger 2009-05-17 15:10|| 2009-05-17 15:10|| Front Page Top

#8 After this afternoon's slobbering love affair in South Bend, Barry's probably sorry he didn't select a Catholic. I had no idea he was such a follower of the Catholic faith. Jeremiah Wright.... did he even exist?

Ironic, the "agree to disagree respectfully" rhetoric spewed by Jenkins and Barry. Yes, also very rich...."soldiers and lawyers opinions may differ." Too bad Barry's hero Abe Lincoln could not have done the same. We could have saved the lives of 600,000 soldiers. Of course we might have still had slavery today....but.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-05-17 16:44|| 2009-05-17 16:44|| Front Page Top

#9 It's clear as a bell, Obama's looking for trouble with China to help kill his most dangerous domestic foe, either politicaly (Not able to campaign at home) or literaly have him dead.

If I were Huntsman i'd say "Thanks, but no thanks".

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-05-17 16:45|| 2009-05-17 16:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Plus, what RJ said.

Posted by no mo uro 2009-05-17 17:40|| 2009-05-17 17:40|| Front Page Top

#11 Great. The lovechild of John McCain and Mitt Romney. Bammo can have him, and good riddance.

Posted by Iblis 2009-05-17 18:29|| 2009-05-17 18:29|| Front Page Top

#12 Huntsman has made a name for himself advocating a moderate agenda in one of the nation's most conservative states.

I don't know him, but that just screams RINO. Plus, if he is in bed with McCain, Bambi can have him.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-05-17 21:29|| 2009-05-17 21:29|| Front Page Top

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