In second fit of truth-telling (the first was caught by Jed yesterday), Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. sat down for an interview with the Washington Times and let it rip:
The Republican governor of Utah on Monday said his party is blighted by leaders in Congress whose lack of new ideas renders them so "inconsequential" that he doesn't even bother to talk to them.
"I don't even know the congressional leadership," Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. told editors and reporters at The Washington Times, shrugging off questions about top congressional Republicans, including House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. "I have not met them. I don't listen or read whatever it is they say because it is inconsequential - completely."
Ouch. When you're the conservative party and you've lost the governor of Utah, it may be time for a little tactical retooling.