I'm a bit uneasy that Huntsman, after dropping out, is going to endorse Romney. Huntsman targeted Romney more than he attacked any other candidate (save for his campaign's bizzare, snide tiff with the Ron Paul campaign).
This just goes to show you that candidates look after themselves first and foremost. I am a big fan of Huntsman, and I think he would probably be the GOP's best nomination for President. And, despite not respecting his decision to throw his support to Romney, I certainly understand it.
Romney is the clear frontrunner, and if he does eventually win the Presidency, well, Huntsman can always remind his Mormon brother that he did endorse him at a rather crucial juncture.
There were reports that Obama diabolically gave Huntsman the position of Ambassador to China in order to keep him away from the '12 election, being that Huntsman was arguably the GOP's greatest hope. That supposed weakness, however, of having served under Obama was categorically and successfully refuted by Huntsman in the last debate.
Toward the end of the first NH debate when Romney attacked Huntsman for serving under Obama, Huntsman invariably got railed by his advisers backstage for not replying in a loud enough manner. Sure enough, with his strongest sound-byte salvo of the entire election, Huntsman opened the second NH debate by pronouncing that "He puts his country first" and seemed to flip the tables on Romney's unfair yet initially effective attack.
So no, I do not think Huntsman's serving under Obama hurt him. See you in '16, Jon!
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