Do you actually believe this? This leads me to think you have no understanding of the tea party movement.
Tea party supporters are going to want to rip this guy to shreds.
Once again, as I said, I wouldn't be calling peoples views or thoughts or comments ignorant when your own shows similar qualities.
<--- Long admitted and open Tea Party supporter on this forum that's attended rallys who is advocating for this guy as a President.
The only reason members of the Tea Party movement have to rip this guy on, other than the two comments Vicc pointed to that ignore other relevant facts concerning his stance...are non-Tea Party issues. Now, because his opponents will try to trumpet those up individuals within the movement may dislike him for his broader stances based on their own broader stances. However, looking at him purely through the concerns and views that the movement...not the individual members...has a stated care for, he's an exceptionally good candidate.
To put it another way....
One could say that the Anti-War movement would have a wet dream about Ron Paul in regards to his war policies. However, it would also be realistic to say that individual members of that movement would not vote for him and tear him to shreds if he ran as a Democrat (The typical haven of the Anti-War movement). Not because he wasn't an ideal anti-war candidate, but because various movements like the Tea Party movement and the Anti-War movement rarely encompass an individuals ENTIRE view. IE, you rarely find someone that cares 100% ONLY about Tea Party issues or 100% ONLY about Anti-War issues. Thus, if the sum of a person doesn't match with a sum of the individuals views, they may not support them even if the individual falls 100% in line with the views of hte Primary movement the voter identifes themselves as.
In regards to TEA PARTY ISSUES Huntsman is a very good candidate. In regards to individual members of the Tea Party movement, he may not be a very good candidate because he may not encompass their other views and their Tea Party focused views may not be enough to outweigh that.
Huntsman is very much in line with the ideals of the Tea Party movement. That said I wouldn't be surprised if he's nto the most liked of the candidates by INDIVIDUALS within the Tea Party.
However, I do think compared to Obama he has the fiscal credentials to motivate the Tea Party base.