Goldwater may not have approved of the anti rudi comments, as you say, but neither would he have approved of most of Rudi’s positions and willingness to compromise his “principles”.
Further, Duncan Hunter has been steadily moving up in the polls. The other day Hannity was touting Rudy and Romni and McCain their “strong responses” to the torture question in the debate. The only strong, unequivocal answer from anyone in that debate came from Duncan Hunter and Sean refused to even mention it.
Everywhere Duncan goes to speak he picks up votes. If Hannity and Rush and the other national talk show hosts would give him the time of day he’d soon be blasting past the RINO triad. After all, the election is a year and half out, so there is plenty of time if he’s given a chance to talk to the American people.
Of the front three, the only one I would consider voting for is Romni.
Your response about Goldwater is correct.
I like Hunter too, though I’m really a Newt guy, I’ve decided. Hunter can definitely play an important role in the race. His best bet for doing this, and getting more attention from Sean, Rush, et al, is to grab some headlines.