I’d take Perry over Romney or Gingrich. I don’t know anything about Huntsman yet.
From what I've seen of him he's a Romney clone - nice presentation but takes whatever position would garner him the most support.
"Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter has a favorite in the race for the Republican nomination for president.
In an interview printed Wednesday by CNN, Carter said that Jon Huntsman is “very attractive to me personally.”
Huntsman formed a PAC on Tuesday, a move widely considered a step to launching a run for president.
The former Utah governor and former Ambassador to China is disliked by some conservatives for being a moderate Republican closely affiliated with the Obama administration...." Source
The media and the republican establishment like Huntsman.
That’s enough for me to dismiss him as the right guy for the job.