Duncan Hunter is pro-defense and for reducting the size of government. That he is a social conservative should only make him more appealing. So why?
He voted in favor of Medicare Part D, No Child Left Behind, the Transportation Bill, and dozens of other pork-barrel spending bills. Entitlement reform & limiting the size and power of the federal government is a huge factor for me. Yes, I admire his solid social conservative credentials, but for me, fiscal conservatism trumps social conservatism because if you limit government & reform the tax code, people will be more responsible for themselves and make better choices. Any Republican candidate that doesn't tell the truth about Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid shouldn't be elected dog catcher, and Hunter didn't do so in his 26 years in Congress.