Here is prime example of how Huntsman's 2012 strategy, in the words of Ezra Klein, is to "agree with the GOP on policy, but be moderate in argument":
HUNTSMAN: I hate the thought of a fence on the border. I mean, for me, as an American, the thought of a fence, it to some extent repulses me, because it’s not consistent with our overall — the image that we projected from the very beginning to the rest of the world. But the situation is such that I don’t think we have a choice.