Subscribe Feed (RSS)In Utah, a National Debate About the G.O.P. Plays Out on a Smaller Stage
May 24th, 2009 by ProvoBoy | No Comments | Filed in John Huntsman Jr., Obama, Politics, Utah, government
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. of Utah in his office in Salt Lake City in March. He has been chosen by President Obama to be the next ambassador to China.
Kirk Johnson of the New York Times writes about Utah Governor Huntsman and the current state of the GOP.
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has made waves in Utah by suggesting that the Republican party must move toward the center. With his support for President Obama’s economic stimulus plan, his successful effort to ease the state’s method of regulating liquor sales and his advocacy of civil unions to protect same-sex couples, Mr. Huntsman ignited a debate over what the Republican Party here should be.
