Conservatives want more candidates from stage right (i.e. We need Duncan Hunter NOW)

Dalla Morning News ^ | February 1, 2007 | Carl Leubsdorf

[OMalley]

dont forget wyo, which votes strongly gop.

[jimbo123]

Forgot Wyoming. Sorry.

Duncan Hunter would win:

Wyoming
Alaska
Idaho
Utah
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina

[Antoninus]

You underestimate Hunter's populist appeal in the rust belt thanks to his trade/immigration positions.

Furthermore, I think he's got the potential to bring home a lot of the Hispanic vote....

[jimbo123]

You underestimate Hunter's populist appeal in the rust belt thanks to his trade/immigration positions.

Okay, what states in the rust belt will he win?

[Blackirish]

Feb. 5, 2008, may become Super-Duper Tuesday with, perhaps, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah voting on the same day..


Think about that. That means that some obscure nominee won't be able to go to IA and NH shake some hands and come from nowhere.

They will need an entire national ground game and close to 100 million to buy radio and TV ads within a few months.

They have to make the ads ....hire thousands of people..pollsters...consultants...the logistics in this time constraints are staggering.

There are 5-6 people in the country who can pull that off. Rudy,Romney,McCaine, Hillary and maybe Obama, Colin Powell,Edwards.

They front loaded the primaries. It's pretty much game over. Unless Rudy runs as a liberal...which we know he won't..or pulls a Dean Scream...he's to smart for that...game over.....only Romney could keep up...and he's not so bad. McCaine is too damaged and old.

Anyone polling in single digits is already toast.

[jimbo123]

So Hunter was participant in the House Banking Scandal? Interesting...

[GulfBreeze]

Your an idiot that has no isea what the word proof even means.


Duncan Hunter has done nothing wrong. He get's contributions from a lot of people.

As for overdrafting the checks. So what. He made good on every one. He never held the overdrafts for long. He always kept his account current.

Have you ever overdrafted a check (you crook)?

[Emmett McCarthy]

I don't know enough about Romney yet to say, but I do know that Rudy is a non-starter for me. Your analysis of the primary structure and the resulting impact on the process is very instructive and I thank you for it. It seems to pull us closer to a one-party system where we choose Schmuck A or Schmuck B and, of course, we're supposed to be properly grateful for that freedom.

[OMalley]

its my understanding that hunter was cleared of any wrong doing, one of the very few i might add.

so he backed someone who became a crook, that doesnt make him a crook anymore than rudy having gay friends makes him gay!

[OMalley]

WHAT? sheesh.

[OMalley]

hillary is not going to make it.

[marron]

My personal litmus test is simple. Its shorter now than it was even a couple of months ago. I want someone who knows we are at war, and is prepared to lead us through.

That requires someone who is outspoken, because in a country such as ours, that is how you lead. Bush's greatest mistake in executing the war is that he has not been out front defending it enough, and he has not been able to overcome the media anti-war propaganda machine. Whatever tactical mistakes may have been made in the field pale next to this. In fact, we're winning in the field, and like in Viet Nam we are losing at the political level because we've lost the propaganda war.

If he's an ex-ranger, he may have the military chops to execute a war. But to lead he needs to be able to speak to the folks out there beyond the TV cameras and rally them.

[wolfcreek]

You better get with the program now, the base isn't going to pull for Rudy McRomney. Hell, no one should.

[Blake#1]

Thank you for your help with the Hunter campaign. If I may, I think Hunter's views on trade with China are a "little" stident. We are going to have to work with China and India in the future. I hope DH can consider this message!

[Howlin]

Have you ever overdrafted a check (you crook)?

No, I haven't.

And it wasn't an overdraft; it was check kiting.

[Howlin]

North Carolina

What's your source on that?

And which state can he win that Kerry won?

[Howlin]

I agree; if those state change, this whole thing will be over February 5th, 2008.

[Antoninus]

Okay, what states in the rust belt will he win?

As long as we're going to deal with complete fantasy-land speculation, how about: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee? Do you honestly think Hillary is going to carry all of these?