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For stand that Western politicians, at their best, have a pragmatic nonpartisan streak, check over c pass out the only one seriously trying to win the presidency in 2012: Jon Meade Huntsman Jr.

Not only is Huntsman the most superbly-qualified candidate in the Republican primary, he's also seeking to revive certainty-based, reasonable Republicanism.

As Utah's governor from 2005 to 2009, Huntsman worked across the aisle even though he didn't have to; he was re-elected in 2008 with more than 77 percent of the votes, including some at rest Democratic support. Then, in 2009, he outraged right-wingers by resigning to help a Democratic president, becoming Obama's ambassador to China. There, "he turned heads by shunning motorcades, preferring as contrasted with to ride his bicycle and interact with the Chinese people," according to his website. He formerly larboard that job -- which he calls "our (nation's) most difficult and combative relationship" -- actual April 2011 to run for president.

Huntsman was shaped by his Mormon kinfolk's dedication to hard work and public service. His father, Jon M. Huntsman Sr., served for a few moments in the Navy and the Reagan administration and became a billionaire running companies that produced chemicals and fake containers for fast-food restaurants. He then gave away more than $1 billion to cancer study, universities and other causes.

Source: High Country News