Grading Gov. Huntsman

I'm asked over and over how Gov. Huntsman is doing. Extremely well, is the answer.

The Deseret News observes,

While former GOP Govs. Mike Leavitt and Olene Walker at times during legislative sessions would hold formal press conferences or give press interviews where they instructed legislators to toe the line on this or that gubernatorial spending priority, Huntsman stayed in the background.

The fact that he wouldn't blast away in the media is part of the reason he did so well. We were able to build relationships of trust and sit down, discuss what each branch and house wanted, work through our differences and move things forward. Part of the difference, in my opinion, is that Gov. Huntsman is more conservative than his predecessors and, therefore, felt more comfortable sitting down and having candid conversations with leaders of a conservative legislature, instead of using a more liberal press to do his bidding.

Utah has elected a long string of outstanding governors, and Gov. Huntsman is well on his way to being one of the best.