Innnnnnteresting!!

How good am I getting a picking potential political gems???? My daughter's school was honored recently for taking some remarkable strides to become more environmentally aware. Governor Jon Huntsman (who I've never liked nor voted for 'til his recent epiphany that he was going to have to get more moderate) was supposed to be at the school and my daughter was going to be an usher. I told her that if she met him that she should tell him all of what I just said. Unfortunately (or not, because I was kidding and I actually panicked that she might actually tell him all the stuff I've said) he didn't make it and she was bumped from usher to being interviewed on the news. See? They picked the politically aware child. I TOLD you all that I was a political mom. So today I see this:

Obama naming Huntsman ambassador to China

President Barack Obama plans to name Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a rapidly rising star in the Republican Party, as ambassador to China, a senior administration official said.

The move is freighted with political intrigue. Huntsman, who speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese, quickly emerged after November as one of the leading moderate GOP voices.

Huntsman is often mentioned as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2012, although some of his advisers think the party primary voters will be more prepared to accept his moderate views on the environment and gay rights in 2016.

Huntsman, who met with Obama’s transition team to discuss energy policy, was in Washington on Friday night, ahead of a planned Saturday announcement by the White House, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Several Utah news organizations said the governor will resign and accept the appointment.

Huntsman, 49, served a Mormon mission in Taiwan. The governor and his wife, Mary Kaye, adopted a daughter, Gracie Mei, from China in 1999. In 2006, he led a trade mission to China "because of their prominence on the world stage and the way in which they are growing so rapidly," he told the Deseret Morning News of Salt Lake City.

During last year's Republican primaries, he endorsed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), while his father — businessman Jon M. Huntsman Sr. — endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. It was a politically shrewd move by the son, because the family was covered regardless of which candidate went on to be the nominee. And Huntsman advisers calculated that Romney would be unlikely to install a fellow Mormon in his Cabinet.

The move has political ripple effects for both parties, giving Democrats one less potential challenger to worry about, and elevating the prospects for Romney and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R).

Ambassador to China is a more substantive job than many postings because of the national-security issues. George H.W. Bush, the future president, held the job from 1974 to 1975.

(Taken from Politico)

One thing you can always guess about Mormons and their forays into careers that include a second language is where they served their Mission. As for Mitt Romney being a contender in 2012.. Maybe when hell freezes over there will be a Mormon President (I'd say when pigs fly, but the swine flu joke is just passé.)
But remember I called Kathleen Sebelius as well. Although I would have chosen her as President Obama's running mate.