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- Mr. Huntsman singled out two areas of commentary by Mr. Perry that have drawn particular criticism – Mr. Perry's skepticism about the human causes of global warming as an unproven theory, and his suggestion that actions byBen S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, to give the economy a boost might be "treasonous."
He warned against the Republican Party becoming what he called "the anti-science party," which he said would create "a huge problem" in 2012. In an appearance on the ABC News program "This Week," Mr. Huntsman added, "I think when you find yourself at an extreme end of the Republican Party, you make yourself unelectable."
- The former governor, who served as ambassador to China under President Obama before quitting that post this year to pursue the presidency, has tried to stake out a middle ground in a contest where the loudest voices have come from what he referred to on Sunday as "the fringes."
Mr. Huntsman insisted that the American public was "crying out for a sensible middle ground." He described the United States as a center-right country and said that was precisely where he stood.
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