Former Utah governor and current U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman has quit his post and will return to the States at the end of April to "position" himself for a run at the presidency. You can mark me down as a guy who thinks Huntsman has legit White House ambitions -- as a top-tier candidate, even. But in 2012? No, no: Jon Huntsman is making a mistake.
Conversant in both Mandarin and modernity, with a managerial background in both the public and private sector, Huntsman has been slowly building an enviable political portfolio. Like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, he projects the image of the optimistic technocrat. Unlike Romney, he's not saddled with having created Obamacare, nor is he known for Romney's opportunistic position-switching. And some of Huntsman's positions include (limited!) support for cap-and-trade policies and civil unions for the LGBT community. Yes, you read that right: as the governor of Utah and a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, Huntsman supported civil unions.
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