Are you aware it is only Feb 07, the election is Nov. 08, and the primaries start in one year from now?
You give defeatists a bad name.
Although I have no choice yet, I can certainly eliminate repulsive candidates like Rudy and McLame.
Besides, I think Duncan Hunter is a fine individual, articulate, solidly Conservative, and deserves the backing of every Conservative out here, especially in the coming months. Lets keep the GOP in Conservative hands, and not ruin it to the "finger in the air" brand of GOPers.
Hunter has no BIG political or financial backing and isn't going to get any. He hasn't even really begun to organize and has no team. He is not only a national unknown, but until very recently, even FR Californians, not in his district, had NO idea who he was. He is also a terrible speaker. But the kicker is his ridiculous protectionist trade policies.
I'm sure Duncan Hunter is a fine individual, and has the full support of Conservatives in the party. He would lose in an electoral landslide in the general election.
I'm being realistic. Conservatism has lost a lot of credibility. Whether Bush is conservative or not, he has that image and he and the hitherto Republican Congress ran everything into the ground. The populace will not vote for just anyone--but they will vote for someone like Guiliani.
If you don't support him, that's fine--just don't be surpised when the new pure-conservative GOP is a perpetual minority party. Or, it can be flexible and adapt, survive and flourish.
He may be a fine individual and a wonderful conservative, but this is a Presidential Election.
Answer this: Can Duncan Hunter beat Hillary? Please give a numerical estimate of the probability.
In my estimate the probability of Hillary beating Hunter by a healthy margin is something like 99.99999999%