I made mention on a thread, and I don’t feel like tracking it down, that when I hate stated that Hunter needed to spend more time “politicking’ in the party, that he did not play that game. Since it seems that recognition is something he needs and he also seems to be having an issue with it, it would be safe to assume that whether he indeed does not play that game, which is a shame because that is part of it, or he is not that good at it, which is even more of an issue, he needs to do something to break out.
***Hunter would have had plenty of name recognition by now if Thompson had not entered the race. Thompson’s drop in the polls and 30 point drop at Intrade is evidence that he isn’t a good campaigner, and if he were to step aside, the rock-ribbed conservative would have clear sailing to knock out tootyfruityrudy and then Hildebeast. Hunter’s issue of lack of name recognition is intimately tied to the fact that Thompson entered the race. Think about what would have happened on FR alone if Thompson had not entered and said, “no thanks, I have cancer.” We and many other conservatives would have rallied around him and he’d be in the top tier. We could say with a straight face, “Rudy who?”
Hunter had name recognition issues BEFORE Fred’s entry, as is obvious from numerous polls. Thompson’s entry had a nominal impact on Hunter. Definitely not enough to put him in the top tier.
Speculation and the repetition of it will not make it so...
One last thought. Trying to blame Fred for Hunters woes, well it actually seems your are under cutting Hunter and his standing as a politician. If he was a good as you present him as being, Fred should have had no impact on him one way or the other.