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U.S. President Barack Obama has named the Republican governor of Utah to be the next U.S. ambassador to China, a pivotal post in relations between the United States and a major emerging economic power.
Jon Huntsman Jr., 49, a Mandarin-speaking former U.S. trade official with deep personal and family business ties to China, takes on a delicate diplomatic role with a vital trading partner and one of the biggest sources of financing for the growing pile of U.S. government debt.
“This ambassadorship is as important as any in the world because the United States will best be able to deal effectively with the global challenges of the 21st century by working in concert with China,” Obama said at a White House ceremony with Huntsman at his side…
Huntsman quoted a Chinese aphorism as he accepted the nomination on Saturday, which he translated as, “Together we work, together we progress.”
“This more than anything else, I think, captures the spirit of our journey going forward,” he said.
A senior administration official said Huntsman was seen as a problem-solver rather than a dogmatist, and called him a “‘no drama Obama’ type” who was fluent in the language and culture and well versed in critical issues affecting the region…
Huntsman served as deputy U.S. trade representative in the Bush administration from 2001-2004, and was U.S. ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1994 when Bush’s father was president.
Huntsman is one more example of a traditional American conservative who is becoming a rarity in the Republican Party.
Poor choice.
Obama needs to recognize that Republicans have no interest in bipartisanship. This is not the town hall meeting environment he is used to where different points are view are discussed.
Republicans will simply take all, give nothing in return and stab you in the back. He should fight the them while they are going down in flames.
# 20, Ayatollah,
Amazing how Eideard spins everything…
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>Huntsman is one more example of a traditional American conservative who is becoming a rarity in the Republican Party.
Yes, another guy you praise as the right type of candidate, but wouldn’t vote for if he were actually on the ballot, as McCain suggested he would be on Meet The Press.
#23, Lyin’ Mike,
Having another day?
I know nothing about Huntsman other than what I have read here. If he is being called a “good” conservative then all the power to him. My ballot will still go to whomever most represents my ideals. That could be Democratic, Green, or even Nazi.
Being a conservative is what sets him apart from the Republican Party that was being hijacked by Boss Limpdick, Sarah Palin, and the other neo-cons that support Bushian style Politics.
MikeN…there’s a difference between a guy I probably wouldn’t vote for, and someone I’d never vote for in a million freakin’ years.
But the problem is that the right wing today sees it black and white, their heroes (e.g. Palin) vs Satan’s children, any Democrat anywhere, ever. Newt, Rove, and Rush started that crap, and it’s not healthy for the USA.
Huntsman is a little to the left of fiscally conservative Gov’s. He wouldn’t cut it running as a Repub Pres candidate any more than McCain did.
What are Gov. Huntsman’s “deep … business ties to China”?