COMMENTARY | When Mitt Romney attacked Jon Huntsman for his service in the Obama administration on Saturday, he had no idea the former Utah governor would get the last word. The Los Angeles Times reported that the allegations continued the next day on a NBC/Facebook roundtable debate. For me, that was proof Huntsman really is the only Republican who can actually win the White House this year.
The former Utah governor served as ambassador to China until April, when he resigned to enter the Republican race to replace his former boss. The fact Huntsman served under a Democrat president isn't something to criticize him about -- to the contrary. It's admirable that he was able to serve our country in a way that found common ground with a politically-opposed president. I would be concerned by any president that couldn't find room for people with opposing ideas.
I've kind of been all over the board about Huntsman. I like the guy. I like his wholesome looks and his "hip" connection to young voters -- he plays rock music. In many ways, he's the best candidate the challenge Obama in the fall, but he just can't seem to get a "moment" in the spotlight with the stage so crowded.
Politico described him as a "formidable entry in the ? GOP field," and a fiscal conservative, with the most foreign policy experience of any GOP candidate. That's exactly what the Republican Party needs. The religious right has driven the party into hard-line issues that alienate the country and are just plain wrong. Huntsman takes a much softer stand on many of those issues -- something that should appeal to Democrats and independents.
He is the child of a billionaire businessman and pretty successful in business in his own right. He knows Wall Street and the halls of diplomacy. He's a "fixer" and had one of the highest popularity rates of any of the nation's governors.
Obama will be hard pressed to criticize a man that served admirably in his own administration. On foreign trade and domestic issues, Huntsman can go toe-to-toe with the sitting president, and he understands the Chinese. In fact, he speaks it too. That's the person we need negotiating the next trade agreement with the largest holder of U.S. debt.
Huntsman is also -- in some respects -- a new kind of Republican. That's what the party needs right now. In fact, that's what the nation needs right now.
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