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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
He's not a moderate at all, thats the point. I think he was portrayed as a moderate because he wasn't pandering to the social conservative vote. He is closer to the center on some of the issues you mentioned, but I don't think he was going to pull a significant number of democrats.
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Huntsman himself categorized his viewpoint as "center right". Certainly on many issues he has a strong conservative track record.
He didn't play a smart game. He should have known that pragmatism doesn't win primaries, and skipping Iowa lost him very valuable media time that went to Mitt and Newt instead.
He seems like a good guy though, certainly as smart as any of them and a willingness to actually talk solutions rather than just sling mud.
-spence
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