Posted on 01/10/2008 11:10:48 AM PST by pissant
Everyone has the personal favorites in this election, and there is a lot of talk going on about what they will do, not a bunch about what they have done. I like Duncan Hunter simply because this man can point to his past record and say been there done that, so tell me again what have they done? Duncan Hunter was responsible for building a fence along the Mexico and US border in San Diego, cutting smuggling of people and drugs by over 90%, now tell me again what have they done?
Duncan Hunter served with the 173rd Airborne and the 75th Army rangers in Vietnam, his Father a Marine in the South Pacific during WWII, and now his oldest son is an Iraq war veteran with two tours of duty as a Marine, Tell me again what have they done? This man is pro life, pro military and pro America, so tell me again what have they done?
Oh yes, I remember now, John McCain the favorite in New Hampshire tried to give amnesty to 12 – 20 million illegal immigrants, called us names like nativists and racist, can’t imagine why I just do not want to vote that man. Mitt I am sorry but the only thing I remember about you is that you railed against illegal immigration while having an illegal working in your yard and only fired the company he worked for after the debate where illegal immigration was center stage, come one now surely you know better than to think I would vote for him. To be honest up until I decided to check out Duncan Hunter I did not care much for any of the conservative candidates, Thompson who has a pro life stance is against charging the mother or doctor after an abortion if it becomes illegal, Rudy says that being in our country illegally shouldn’t be illegal because we can’t prosecute them all and either did not know that New York was a sanctuary city on 9/11 or is lying either choice doesn’t look very good for him.
I am not going to say anything more about Ron Paul except that I cannot in good conscience vote for that man, by they way I have enough Ron Paul people emailing me to try and change my mind, it isn’t going to work simply because I do not believe that anyone in our government masterminded 9/11 so save your fingers. The simple fact of the matter is I can look at my candidates record and see what he has done, I don’t have to put my hopes in what he or she may do if they get elected, so tell me again what have they done….
Carolyn Hileman
Romney will do for Thompson? That aside, yes I feel comfortable voting for Hunter. I think it is far more likely Fred would endorse McCain after SC. Romney isn’t going to be endorsing anyone. He has the money and he will be there until the end. Fred and McCain are very close politically, regardless of what Fred supporters choose to believe. He supported McCain as president and chided others who did not support him.
He joined McCain on CFR and likely would have joined him on Shamnesty. Fred was ‘aspirations of citizenship’ and then the Washington phone lines lit up with outraged citizens and a nice position paper was born. I trust Fred more than Romney, but have little confidence in either. Fred will be gone after SC, but Romney is it in for the long haul. As are McCain and Rudy. Paul is enjoying his cult following too much to quit, so he will be there until the end. So the question you posed will be moot after SC and the question you posed will likely be one you will have to ask yourself.
Are you sure of that? I did a search and could not find it. I thought perhaps it was a photoshop? If it is real, I surely couldn’t locate it. It was my intention to write a few lines of truth on it and shove it down Romney’s throat. Where I am from, there are only 10 commandments, and one of them has to do with telling the truth. So I am not hindered by any 11th commandment.
I hope, but the problem is that Hillery may want him and his swooning crowd skills as a running mate.
For this resason it will be up to Duncan to slay this dragon, and the sooner the better. I believe it could sling him to the front seat of the GOP campaign bus.
There is a window of opportunity here. Duncan should seize the day and dop the nation a great srvice. He should dismantle Obama , the MSM's media darling.
Vote for Duncan Hunter in the primaries. There are 47 states to go, and Duncan Hunter already has a delegate.
I wish Hunter would offer himself up in a debate against the top 3 democrats all at once. I know he could manhandle them easily.
Hunter's positions are closest to those of Tancredo.
Tancredo endorsed Romney.
Border security is a key accomplishment of Hunter. Huckabee has failed in that regard
Your analysis ignores Rudy, who is projected to have a good super Tuesday. And the only "natural" combination (ie friends) that I see at this point is McCain/Thompson. Huckabee and Rudy are like oil and water, as are Huckabee and Romney. I see the following:
1) Romney/Hunter
2) McCain/Thompson
3) Guilliani/Paul
4) Huckabee
These are 4 tight races. Unless Huckabee joins McCain/Thompson, I see Hunter getting the VP nod. Although I'd prefer to see a stronger Thompson/Hunter showing, its just not working out that way.
They will ALL be there till the end. This is chess, not checkers. The convention will be brokered. All candidates will keep their chips in. The end race is going to be the alliances of Thompson-Romney vs. McCain-Huckabee, and will be decided by who can pull the most delegates from Giuliani and unpledged RNC members. Hunter and Ron Paul will play a small role by deciding which candidate gets their delegates, which will be added to their team’s total. Hunter will give his delegate(s) to Huckabee at the convention, and Huckabee will add it to the McCain-Huckabee total.
Giuliani is the odd man out. The alliance have already been formed. It is already Thompson-Romney vs. McCain-Huckabee. It’s a bit behind the scenes. Thompson and McCain are friends, sure, but neither of them will take the VP slot. They both are top dogs only. Giuliani will have the potential to play king maker at the convention, if he chooses to endorse one of the alliances. If he does, he will likely put his choice over the top. The concern if of course that Rudy will endorse John McCain, which I suspect is most likely. That would put it over the top and make the GOP ticket McCain-Huckabee. In fact, the more I look at it now that I know McCain and Huckabee have formed an alliance, the more I see they will have the upper hand and win the nomination, not Thompson-Romney. This is how these nominations are actually decided. That’s still better than the Democrats though, where the party machinery controls who gets the nomination through “super-delegates”.
Giuliani is the odd man out. The alliance have already been formed. It is already Thompson-Romney vs. McCain-Huckabee. It’s a bit behind the scenes. Thompson and McCain are friends, sure, but neither of them will take the VP slot. They both are top dogs only. Giuliani will have the potential to play king maker at the convention, if he chooses to endorse one of the alliances. If he does, he will likely put his choice over the top. The concern is of course that Rudy will endorse John McCain, which I suspect is most likely. That would put it over the top and make the GOP ticket McCain-Huckabee. In fact, the more I look at it now that I know McCain and Huckabee have formed an alliance, the more I see they will have the upper hand and win the nomination, not Thompson-Romney. This is how these nominations are actually decided. That’s still better than the Democrats though, where the party machinery controls who gets the nomination through “super-delegates”.
Could you get more specific for me?
How must things end up on Feb 5th to force a brokered convention?
How exactly is the process, back room discussion with delegates and candidates? Will it be public? On camera? Done before the convention starts?
It you get a minute, maybe you could educate us.
Thanks!
I see no basis for this guess, other than Huckabee and Hunter are both protestants. The only ones making a big deal out of religion are the press and Huckabee. Of course if you could produce an anti-Mormon comment by Hunter, I'd have to rethink this, but I don't recall any.
A strong border security guy like Hunter will not endorse Huckabee. Not even close. Especially if there is a Romney-Thompson alliance.
Me too.
I'm running as a Hunter delegate in West Virginia.
Duncan Hunter has always put America first throughout his career by being consistently Conservative unlike the other GOP candidates.
I’ll save bandwidth and not rehash.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951538/posts?page=80#80
I think Guiliani is the odd man out. But he will ultimately go for McCain because Rudy is an inside-the-Beltway guy, and McCain is closer to him politically. Plus there is too much bad blood between him and Romney for Rudy to throw his support to Romney’s ticket. Maybe Rudy will get a cabinet position in a McCain administration in exchange for his delegates. Perhaps Attorney General. Or perhaps Rudy doesn’t even want one.
As for how things must end up Fed 5th for a brokered convention, I think the real question is “how not?”
The only way to avoid it now is if there is a major drop out before then (not going to happen) or one candidate runs away with it (unlikely to happen.) Check out the delegate selection process here. You'll notice most states delegates are awarded district by district. New York is statewide winner take all, which means Rudy will walk away with all 101 delegates. Same goes for New Jersey, and he will get all 52 delegates there. But he is going to have to win the nomination outright with 1,191 delegate or more by the end of the primaries if he is going to be the nominee, because he has no allies. Of course if he comes up with the votes, then he may suddenly find himself much more popular come the convention.
I think I saw that on the Yahoo group. I hope Chuck Winn is willing to be busier than the proverbial one legged man.
I’d be more concerned about Fred jumoping ship and endorsing McCain than Hunter ever helping Amnesty McCain in any way.
A great piece, I might add.
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