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This is from a couple days, but didn't see anything on here... Obama selects Utah governor as ambassador to China.

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) May 18 '09, 08:52

He's one of the few remaining moderate Republicans and was often mentioned in 2012 presidential discussions.

link (www.washingtonpost.com)

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In reading the article it must be mentioned that... - Mel Profit May 18, 09:17
one article said this would be equal to Bush selecting Hillary or someone like that to serve. -- nm - Remlik May 18, 08:55 17
- sounds like plain tokenism. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:56 16
  - if it was tokenism he'd send him to the UN. -- nm - mafic May 18, 09:00
  - It would, except he's not the first republican Obama has tapped for a post. Or even the third. - tee-woo-gee May 18, 08:59 1
    - makes sense. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 09:06
  - China is a big deal. I don't know much about this Huntsman fellow, but the relationship with that country is too big to waste like that. -- nm - con_carne May 18, 08:58 11
    - Very true. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 09:03
    - Right. This isn't some tiny country in the middle of Africa or Central America, etc. -- nm - Don Homer May 18, 09:00 9
      - related: For some reason, the US Ambassador to Rwanda is a really great ambassador. - loosilu May 18, 09:04 7
        
        how old? (everyone has to pay their dues. maybe a stepping stone?) -- nm - mafic May 18, 09:07 1
        
        under 50. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 09:08
        
        I would think an appointment to Rwanda would be high profile. I think a lot of people know about its recent history. -- nm - con_carne May 18, 09:07 4
        
        small population, tiny economy (no exports). I dunno. I think it is his first post as ambassador, which may be the bigger factor. - loosilu May 18, 09:08 3
        
        there you go. enough rope to hang himself, but can't do any real damage. -- nm - mafic May 18, 09:09 2
        
        I think so. and there's plenty to do. Tons of charities and aid agencies coming in, and the country is actively seeking foreign investors. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 09:10 1
        
        as a contrast: The guy in an (unnamed west african country) is terrible. - loosilu May 18, 09:12
      - Or Alaska. nm - Dignan May 18, 09:00
  - There's a lot of token's lying around then. - Will Hunting May 18, 08:57
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- from the little I've seen of him, I think he'd be pretty tolerable. - Reagen May 18, 08:57
- The Dems have moved past bringing in the independents. Now they are assimilating the moderate Republicans. - tee-woo-gee May 18, 08:56
- And he probably knows that a) he wouldn't win a primary in 2012 in today's GOP, and b) he wouldn't want to run against Obama if he did win. -- nm - znufrii May 18, 08:55 10
  - It's awful early for anyone to be afraid of Obama for 2012. -- nm - Will Hunting May 18, 08:56 9
    - but not to early to read the writing on the wall that barring a major policy implosion by Obama, the GOP is going to have a rough time of it. - znufrii May 18, 08:59 5
      - It's way too early to think anything of the sort. Picture the shambles the Democratic party was in on May 18, 2005. -- nm - ty97 May 18, 09:01 4
        
        The difference being that the Democratic party establishment didn't embrace the extreme wing of the party in response - znufrii May 18, 09:04 3
        
        I'm not so sure that's true. - ty97 May 18, 09:06 2
        
        swasn't Dean rolling out his 50-state strategy right about now? -- nm - znufrii May 18, 09:14 1
        
        and compare that to Michael Steele -- nm - znufrii May 18, 09:18
    - This is znu, he thinks people fear running against Obama in 2016 and 2020. - ty97 May 18, 08:57 2
      - Though Obama effectively was running against Bush in 2008. -- nm - Reagen May 18, 08:58 1
        
        If the GOP wants to beat Obama in 4 years they need to be figuring out how to do it now. - tee-woo-gee May 18, 09:01
(couple days ago) -- nm - Don Homer May 18, 08:53

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