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Mitt Romney. Charlie Crist. Bobby Jindal. Mike Huckabee. We’ve heard these names as possible running mates for John McCain. However, there’s another name that should be on this list—and it’s ridiculous that his name hasn’t been offically suggested yet. Not so long ago, California Congressman Duncan Hunter was seen as the true conservative choice for the Republican nomination. Hunter had served the country with honor during his 27-year tenure in the House of Representatives, working tirelessly to advance conservative principles and remaining loyal to the Reagan vision. Unfortunately, Hunter was unable to conquer his competitors for the Republican nomination. Despite...

I'm scheduled to be on the Andrea Shea King Show tonight around 9:30 p.m. EDT to speak about the connections between Barack Obama and Code Pink's Jodie Evans.Also scheduled for tonight's show is Rep. Duncan Hunter.The Andrea Shea King Show is broadcast live on WDBO 580-AM in Orlando, Florida from 9.m. to 11 p.m. EDT on Sundays. The show is also streamed live on the Internet.Click here to open the page for WDBO then click the 'listen live' button near the top.

Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter OK, so you’ve got a thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket and you want to make a statement with it at the same time as getting 40X return on your “investment”, you want $40,000 for that $1000 bet, like Hillary did in her Pig Belly futures or whatever it was. You’re going to decide between putting it down on Hunter or Thompson over at Intrade because these are the 2 most conservative candidates in the race. https://www.intrade.com/ Which one do you choose? Let’s start with the guy who has 3...

The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution April 25, 1997 Moderate senators taking on stalled budget as bipartisan force Centrist Coalition plans alternative to Clinton proposal. Author: Ken Foskett WASHINGTON BUREAU Washington - The stalemate between the White House and Congress over a balanced budget deal has prompted some moderate Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to begin crafting a bipartisan budget plan. The group of senators, known as the Centrist Coalition, is headed by Sens. John Chafee (R-R.I) and John Breaux (D-La.). Sen. Max Cleland (D- Ga.), replacing former Sen. Sam Nunn, is the newest Democratic member of the...

Lincolnton - U.S. Congressional representative and presidential candidate Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) is visiting North Carolina today to campaign for tighter border security, high-paying textile jobs coming back to America and stronger military defense. He’s planning on stopping at a hosiery mill in the Greensboro-Burlington area before going to Mooresville. Hunter said part of his campaign is based on making other countries play by the rules of fair trade. “One of the cornerstones of my campaign is bringing back high-paying manufacturing jobs to the U.S.,” said Hunter. “China is cheating, undercutting American products and sending jobs overseas.” Part of playing fair...

As the Republican primary debates trudge on, second-tier contenders are still emerging from early campaign darkness. But while this break in the clouds gives hope to a couple of candidates -- it sets back even further those who have yet to stand out. How many more debates can Jim Gilmore, Sam Brownback and Tommy Thompson participate in before they fade-out?... ....Duncan Hunter had several moments in last night’s debate that could promote his lower-tier status sooner rather than later. His experience in foreign policy, national defense and his stance on immigration has previously been impressive but Hunter stepped up his...

An author and political analyst believes that Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California) has the best chance of moving into the top tier of GOP presidential hopefuls as the ten candidates prepare for the next televised debate. On Tuesday, May 15, all ten candidates will take the stage at the University of South Carolina to take part in the GOP debate televised by the Fox News Channel. Hear This Report Keith Thompson is the author of Leaving the Left: Moments in the News That Made Me Ashamed to Be a Liberal (Sentinel HC, 2006). He says after watching the first GOP debate...

Just thought that this would be of interest to Duncan Hunter supporters. I was just watching Hannity and Colmes and Sean Hannity asked her who she supports for president. She replied "Duncan Hunter". Sean said, "But do you really think that he can win?". Ann then said that he might win if Sean Hannity would actually talk about him on his show. I'm glad that Ann called Hannity on this. He has been hyping Giuliani for the past few months while ignoring the true conservative in the race.

USA Today/Gallup has a rather extensive post-debate poll out on both the Democratic and Republican fields in the race for the White House. Since January in the GOP field Rudy Giuliani has ranged from 31% - 44% and comes in at 34% in this most recent Gallup poll. John McCain ranges from 16% - 27% (20% today) and Mitt Romney 3% - 9% (7% today). Interestingly, of the "Big Three" announced candidates all of them lost support from Gallup's previous poll (Giuliani -1, McCain -2, Romney -2) while the two heavyweights who were not on stage at last week's debate...

Last week, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Senator John McCain both gained support in the race for the GOP nomination. This week, the top four contenders all lost ground. But, through it all, Giuliani remains on top with a double digit lead.The latest Rasmussen Reports national poll shows Giuliani with 28%, thirteen points more than McCain’s total of 15%. Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson remains undeclared but in third place with 12% support. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney remains slightly behind Thompson at 10%. The stability in the GOP competition stands in stark contrast to...

NASHUA ? When Republican presidential candidate John McCain toured the state on a recent stormy weekend, he hired a plow to lead his bus full of staffers, supporters and a ?60 Minutes? news crew. When fellow hopeful Mitt Romney swept through New Hampshire in February, he was traveling with a small entourage of cars full of assistants. But when yet another GOP presidential contender, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., rolled into the parking lot of the Broad Street Country Store in Nashua on Sunday, it was in a rented Ford SUV.

Duncan Hunter, a solidly conservative U.S. Representative from California since 1980, has a two-part answer for those who say his low name identification and lack of obvious financial wherewithal will doom his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. First, he says he has the right "three pillars" as issues to build his campaign on: He's the most experienced in standing up for a "strategic national defense." He's the most accomplished on border security. And he is dedicated to "reversing the one-way trade street with China" as part and parcel of a national security effort toward "the restoration of...

David Scull/The New York Times Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, left, at a 1995 news conference with Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and James S. Brady, who was shot in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. As mayor of New York City, Rudolph W. Giuliani became the favorite Republican of gun control advocates. He spoke in favor of a licensing system for gun owners that would require trigger locks and firearms training, and he lobbied Congress to outlaw most military-style assault weapons. He was the only Republican mayor to join a lawsuit by dozens of cities...

March 20, 2007 Giuliani Top Choice Among Both Moderate, Conservative Republicans Gingrich, Romney do better among conservatives than moderates by Jeffrey M. Jones GALLUP NEWS SERVICEPRINCETON, NJ -- With the 2008 Republican presidential field beginning to come into shape, there are still questions and apparent opportunities for a favorite "conservative" candidate to emerge. The three leading announced contenders -- Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Mitt Romney -- have taken stances in the past that are out of step, if not unpopular, with conservative voters, although all have taken recent steps to try to reassure conservatives. The key question is...

March 07, 2007 Giuliani Solidifies Lead in Republican Nomination Poll Clinton still leads among Democrats by Jeffrey M. Jones   Page:   1, 2   Next GALLUP NEWS SERVICEPRINCETON, NJ -- Rudy Giuliani is cementing himself as the early front-runner for the 2008 Republican nomination, while Hillary Rodham Clinton maintains that status among Democrats. This is according to the latest USA Today/Gallup presidential nomination preference poll of rank-and-file Republicans and Democrats. Giuliani's emergence is notable because the early Republican front-runner has won that party's nomination in each election since 1972. On the other hand, it has been rare for the...

If Duncan Hunter is a long-shot for the Republican nomination for president in 2008, he's not admitting it. Buoyed by a third-place finish -- and statistical tie for first place -- in a Spartanburg County straw poll over the weekend, Hunter brought his conservative message to about 80 people at the 1st Monday Republican Lunch Group at Aunt Chiladas Restaurant on Hilton Head Island. The California congressman outlined a platform that includes ripping up current trade policies with China, building a double wall along the Mexican border and a steadfast resolve to keep nuclear weapons out of Iranian hands. Hunter's...

Greetings. This is just going to be a simple thread. Granted, there's been a lot of vitriol on both sides of the Giuliani/Hunter divide, and those who are undecided (or voting for someone else) are probably wondering about the rage. Well, let's examine this situation a bit. First of all, Rudy Giuliani. He certainly cleaned up New York City; no doubt about that. His fiscal policies certainly seem conservative compared to the rest of New York City (despite that fact New York City and its home state are home to some of the highest taxes in the US; I wonder...

Just want to let you all know that you can watch GOP nominee Duncan Hunter's CPAC speech tonight at 8pm EST on C-Span. Chance to see and hear him for yourself.

WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter's insistent warnings about China's threatening military buildup have stamped him as the Paul Revere of the fast-developing 2008 campaign. China is picking America's pocket and using its ill-gotten gains to acquire ships, planes and missiles in a challenge to U.S. national interests, Hunter says. By cheating at trade, the 14-term congressman adds, China has also been able to pirate many American industries and high-paying manufacturing jobs. Advertisement But some experts say that the Alpine, Calif., Republican's relentless focus on Beijing's trade tactics is overwrought and ignores important economic benefits to the United States,...

The FOX television talking heads were gushing over the usual suspects- Mitt Romney, Rudy Gulliani and John McCain- when the results of the South Carolina Republican straw poll rolled in and left the pundits stuttering and speechless in mid sentence. In a surprise result not predicted by any of the national political commentators, California Congressman Duncan Hunterfinished second with 110 votes behind Rudy Gulliani's 123 votes with 71 of the 75 precincts reporting. Arizona Sen. John McCain was third with 86 votes, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had 59 votes, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback had 68 votes, and Arkansas Gov....

When Rudolph Giuliani first ran for mayor of New York in 1989, he made a critical mistake. Assuming that he'd be running against the blue-collar, socially conservative Democrat Ed Koch, Giuliani cast himself as a liberal. Playing against his tough-guy image, he spent his first months on the campaign trail talking about the victims of homelessness and AIDS and drug abuse, causes that united elite liberals and poor minority voters while leaving the city's shrinking middle class cold. The prosecutor who brought down mob boss Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Wall Street renegade Ivan Boesky tried to reinvent himself as...

The former mayor of New York City gets the nod as the Republican candidate for president in last week's Business Pulse survey. We asked: "Who should the Republicans pick as their 2008 presidential candidate?" The results: Rudy Giuliani, former mayor, New York City, 44 percent; Sen. John McCain, Ariz., 27 percent; Mitt Romney, former governor, Mass., 12 percent; Tommy Thompson, former governor, Wis., 3 percent; Mike Huckabee, former governor, Ark., 3 percent; Sen. Sam Brownback, Kan., 3 percent; Rep. Ron Paul, Texas, 2 percent; Rep. Duncan Hunter, Calif., 1 percent; Jim Gilmore, former governor, Va., no votes.

NORTH COUNTY ---- U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter will bring his long-odds presidential campaign to San Diego on Saturday for a $250-per-plate breakfast at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. The Republican lawmaker is currently polling around 1 percent nationally. In California, he registered 6 percent in a survey of 851 likely state voters conducted between Feb. 9 and Feb. 13 by El Cajon's Datamar Inc. On Thursday, Hunter was in South Carolina where he announced he would campaign in each of that state's 46 counties. "Our strong, traditional Ronald Reagan conservative message is resonating with grass-roots Republicans in South...

Recently, My GOP wrote a BRILLIANT post about the REAL Rudy Giuliani and his record. It is MUST READING for most of the anti-Giuliani Kool-Aid-Drinkers around here who are going off half-cocked without knowing the FACTS.So I am taking the liberty of reproducing My Gop's post here in full: I just can’t understand why so many are making Rudy look more liberal than he really is on social issues and why they refuse to acknowledge he is a conservative on just about every non-social issue and I certainly can’t understand how social issues are more important than all the other...

Pressing for tougher national defense and updated trade deals, presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., spoke to students and community members in the basement of the Haldeman Center Monday night in an event sponsored by the Rockefeller Center and the College Republicans. "I stand for a strong national defense, enforced borders and bringing back high-paying manufacturing and engineering jobs to the United States through the revamping of international trade deals," he said. Hunter is the second of the 2008 Republican presidential candidates to speak at Dartmouth -- former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney spoke at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center earlier this...

Rep. Duncan Hunter said Congress has wasted time debating an increase in U.S. troops in Baghdad because the 82nd Airborne is already executing the plan. Hunter, a California Republican, said the debate about the escalation is misguided and insults the troops in the field. "The idea that Congress pulls the rug out from under the soldiers as they're actually carrying the mission out, by condemning this mission . . . I thought it was a disservice to our soldiers. There is a right way to leave Iraq and that is to continue to rotate Iraqi battalions that we've trained and...

WASHINGTON – Morris Udall. Dick Gephardt. John Kasich. Bob Dornan. Jack Kemp. James Garfield. Dennis Kucinich. What these gentlemen have in common – other than having all served in the House of Representatives – is that each ran for the White House while he was still a congressman. Only one of them made it. Morris Udall Dick Gephardt John Kasich Bob Dornan Jack Kemp James Garfield Dennis Kucinich Duncan Hunter And he got shot. Now that Duncan Hunter has taken the plunge for the Republican presidential nomination official, the Alpine congressman may soon encounter the peculiar challenges that face a...

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you'll find links like: GOPUSA online poll with 12,841 responses: "Which candidate has the best chance of winning the 2008 Republican presidential nomination?" Newt Gingrich 19%, Duncan Hunter 16%, Rudy Giuliani 11%, Mitt Romney 11%, Tom Tancredo 8%, Sam Brownback 7%, John McCain 6%. Mark Steyn: "The Murtha plan" is to deny the president the possibility of victory while making sure Democrats don't have to share the blame for the defeat. Hit and Run: A blogger, the Liberal Avenger, altered a conservative commenters' post on his blog to try to make...

Last night we welcomed Congressman Duncan Hunter, (R-CA), to Pundit Review Radio. Rep. Hunter is one of the leading conservative candidates running for President. Rep. Hunter was incredibly generous with his time, spending more than 30 minutes with us discussing a wide range of topics. Of course, we asked him about the anti-surge, non-binding resolution that was passed this weekend. He had some pointed criticism of his colleagues, and questioned how much they understood about the surge, from a tactical level. According to the Rep. Hunter, it is all about politics, and has little to do with the surge itself....

I am proud to announce that after reaching an agreement with TCV Media, the consulting firm hired by Duncan Hunter’s campaign, I will be joining the team working on the Duncan Hunter for President campaign, effective Monday, February 19th. My responsibilities cover both national and state duties. Nationally, I will be working with, and assisting, John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com, who was also recently hired by TCV Media to create internet awareness for Duncan Hunter, utilizing new media resources. Within New Jersey, as Co-Executive Director, the GOPUSA-NJ Conservatives with Attitude! organization, which has over 12,000 members, will serve as Director of...

George Will....[is] altogether too generous...in describing Hunter's record: "....He is...a skeptic about free trade." Hunter is not a "skeptic" on free trade. He is a demagogic, Lou Dobbsian populist who would have us believe that free trade is destroying the U.S., when by any objective measure free trade has been key to the rise of a massly affluent culture over the past generation. (Today's middle class routinely enjoys creature comforts equal to or surpassing those enjoyed by the upper class in the 1950s.) And Will simply ignores Hunter's horrific record on spending. Hunter is all for earmarks, doesn't care that...

Earlier this week, I did a phone interview with Congressman Duncan Hunter, a former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee and a former ranger in Vietnam, who is one of the Republican contenders vying for the presidency in 2008. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation. PS: I can tell you from talking to Hunter that he is VERY PASSIONATE about building a fence on the border and about any and all things related to the military. He also seems to have a pretty good sense of humor. John Hawkins: Talk to us about the war in Iraq....

Conservative blogger John Hawkins (Right Wing News) announced today that he is consulting for presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA). For those who haven't followed his efforts in the Congress, Hunter introduced the Right to Life Act, which would legally define "personhood" as the moment of conception and, therefore, guarantee all constitutional rights and protections, including life, to the unborn without utilizing a constitutional amendment. (more information here) Hawkins' involvement in the promotion of Hunter tells me that the candidate is a consistent ideological conservative in addition to his solid pro-life record. In fact, prior to being approached by a...

When Bob Hunter, a Riverside businessman, would hear of a conservative's campaign that needed volunteers, he would pile his family into the station wagon and drive off to ring doorbells. Hunter's son Duncan grew up believing in retail politics. When Hunter returned home after serving as an alternate Goldwater delegate at the 1964 Republican convention in San Francisco, he told Duncan about chatting with another alternate, an amiable fellow, some actor, named Reagan. Who two years later was elected governor. Duncan learned early on about rapid upward mobility in politics. In 1969, he dropped out of college, joined the Army...

"For some candidates," Hunter says, "the conservative constituency is an inconvenience. For me, it is my hope." He hopes to be seen as the most conservative Republican candidate, as he understands conservatism. He is pro-life, an expert on defense issues, a hawk on border security (he authored the legislation that mandates 854 miles of fences across the major southern border routes used by smugglers of narcotics and people) and a skeptic about free trade.

Duncan Hunter is on today.

WASHINGTON -- When Bob Hunter, a Riverside, Calif., businessman, would hear of a conservative's campaign that needed volunteers, he would pile his family into the station wagon and drive off to ring doorbells. Hunter's son Duncan grew up believing in retail politics. When Hunter returned home after serving as an alternate Goldwater delegate at the 1964 Republican convention in San Francisco, he told Duncan about chatting with another alternate, an amiable fellow, some actor, named Reagan. Who two years later was elected governor. Duncan learned early on about rapid upward mobility in politics. In 1969, he dropped out of college,...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) continues to hold a solid, double-digit, lead in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Giuliani attracts support from 32% of Likely Primary Voters, fourteen points more than the number two man in the race, Arizona Senator John McCain. This is the largest lead yet measured for Giuliani. A week ago, he was ahead 27% to 19%.

Republican Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter (R-CA) received an internet today when the results of an internet poll were announced.  The poll, administered by Rightwingnews.com, placed Hunter near the top in overall favorability, and near the bottom in un-favorability among conservative bloggers. A total of 230 right-of-center bloggers were asked to rank their most and least favorable candidates.  Hunter was second in over popularity with a net score of 32, outranked only by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's score of 38.5.  Gingrich has yet to announce his intentions in the race.  According to Right Wing News spokesman John Hawkins,...

Watch this video Rudy fans, and tell me this man does not have Presidential Timber.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. The reception you have given me and Lynne warms our hearts. The genius of the founding fathers is that they put together a government that can be run by ordinary people. I’m a very ordinary guy, but folks, I have a very extraordinary family. I had a very average tour of duty in the military and didn’t do anything special, but my son, Duncan, quit his job and joined the Marines after 9-11 and served two tours in Iraq. I was a less than average student, but my brothers Bobby and John are world class...

If you're looking for someone who can represent the conservative wing of the Republican Party in 2008, California Congressman Duncan Hunter fills that bill far better that any of the top contenders who have already gotten into the race. Here's a short, but sweet primer that may help explain why that's the case.

Veterans to organize support for Hunter presidential campaign U.S. Veteran Dispatch --- February 02, 2007 Saying he's "more of a Reaganite than Ronald Reagan," a group of military veterans are backing the presidential candidacy of U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter, (R-Calif.) Hunter has served 13 terms in the House representing the San Diego area, home to a major navy base, and was chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He remains the ranking Republican member. Hunter announced his race for the presidency earlier this week in South Carolina. Larry Bailey, a retired U.S. Navy Seal, is behind the push by his...

Feb 14, 2007 Republican Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter (R-CA) received an internet boost today when the results of an internet poll were announced. The poll, administered by Rightwingnews.com, placed Hunter near the top in overall favorability, and near the bottom in un-favorability among conservative bloggers. A total of 230 right-of-center bloggers were asked to rank their most and least favorable candidates. Hunter was second in over popularity with a net score of 32, outranked only by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's score of 38.5. Gingrich has yet to announce his intentions in the Presidential race.

Feb 13: Republican Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter tells MSNBC TV's Chris Jansing that voting against the Bush plan when the troops are already on the ground "sends a bad message".