I’d have no problem with Huntsman as the Veep. His problem is really horrible campaign advice more than anything. Early in his campaign his people were positioning him to go after the mythical Republican grassroots moderate vote. At the beginning of the campaign they were signalling a distaste for Tea Party and Scoial Conservative stridency. There’s no need for a Republican candidate to take an official stance on evolution or suggest that AGW doubters are anti-science. He needed to sell himself on his record, not spout off about controversial secondary issues. His campaign has been horribly and stupidly run thus far(which is not surprising given that it’s being run by a former McCain campaign chairman/flunky John Weaver), but I don’t think he’s anywhere near the poser that Romney is. Huntsman has a solid conservative record outside of his waffling on the AGW issue. He’d make Biden look like the fool he is in the VP debate and the media would have a difficult time demonizing and cariacaturing him after the glossy coverage they’ve given him so far. I’m not a big fan of attaching one of our rising stars(Paul/Rubio) to Gingrich. Getting more of our votes won’t be an issue, and if the good ship Gingrich goes down, it could drag down the VP nominee as well. I’d just as soon have Paul and Rubio stay on their jobs in congress.
BTW “Paul” = Paul Ryan, not the isolationsist anti-semite Texan.