“Sorry, but my judgment is that as long as Sen. Thompson is in the race, there isn’t any space for Mr. Hunter. “
It all depends on how Thompson shakes out with respect to Abraham and illegal invaders. That is a key, hot button issue and if it turns out that Mr. Thompson is as wrist-limped on border issues as Bush II, he will loose.
I agree with you on Rudy McRomney, although I’d hold my nose and vote for Romney if I had to. Giuliani and McCain - never.
Hunter is having a rough time - I’m convinced, because he simply doesn’t have the visibility Romney, McCain and Giuliani have been able to achieve. Also, the fact that he is correctly addressing the erosion of our industrial base and lost American jobs overseas, he is getting large donations from the corporate machers who support people like Bush II and other pro-illegal alien and “free” trade gurus who are ruining America’s Middle Class and industrial base.
The times are gonna get a lot less “rough” for Hunter.
“It all depends on how Thompson shakes out with respect to Abraham and illegal invaders. That is a key, hot button issue and if it turns out that Mr. Thompson is as wrist-limped on border issues as Bush II, he will loose.”
Well, in that Mr. Thompson opposed Mr. Bush’s legislation, we know at least that he isn’t as limp-wristed on the issue as Mr. Bush. I don’t think that Mr. Thompson’s view on the issue of illegal immigration will satisfy those folks who want to begin immediate deportations of the 12 - 20 million illegal immigrants already here. However, I think that his approach will resonate with most Americans.
In any event, I don’t think that Mr. Abraham’s presence as a liaison to Capitol Hill politicos will be much of an issue, either.
Regarding Rudy McRomney, I won’t vote for either Mr. Giuliani or Mr. Romney. Mr. Giuliani is a liberal, and I think that Mr. Romney may be a fraud. I’d hold my nose and vote for Mr. McCain, but I’d find it a painful vote to make.
I think that Mr. Hunter was having a tough time because, frankly, he isn’t a particularly dynamic candidate, and he didn’t have any built-in name recognition or star-power.
However, I think that his problem now is that the space in which he can run - actual conservative - is being occupied currently by Mr. Thompson. Mr. Thompson’s raison d’etre for running is that he’s an actual Republican, unlike the liberal Mr. Giuliani, a real conservative, unlike the flipped-on-abortion, flipped-on-gun-rights, flipped-on-taxes, etc., Mr. Romney, and is actually sane, as opposed to the lunatic Mr. McCain.
If Mr. Thompson were to leave the field, Mr. Hunter would be the default candidate of those who wish to vote for genuine, sane conservative.
But the fact that he’s spent nearly three decades in Congress laboring under near-anonymity suggests that his candidacy is something of a long-shot.
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