[davidosborne]

I doubt that I am the only “number cruncher” out there.. especially when the only arguments I hear against Duncan Hunter is that he can’t win because no one knows who he is.. to which I say it is too early to make THAT argument.. but it is NOT too early to discuss which way folks are leaning this early in the game... IMHO..

[Sun]

“..the only arguments I hear against Duncan Hunter is that he can’t win because no one knows who he is..”

We can get his name out to thousands or millions, if we call a talk show (depending on the show).

I’m getting my thoughts together, and am going to call a show.

[Josh Painter]

davidosborne wrote: “...the only arguments I hear against Duncan Hunter is that he can’t win because no one knows who he is.”

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Duncan Hunter has also taken some heat from the National Taxpayers Union, which ranked him dead last among the GOP presidential hopefuls for fiscal restraint (Fred Thompson was ranked first).

http://race42008.com/2007/03/24/fiscally-fisking-the-2008-contenders/

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If Hunter were to be nominated, the Demoncrats will try to paint him as unethical, claiming that he accepted nearly a quarter million dollars in campaign contributions from missile defense contractors over the past five years, including $46,000 from un-indicted co-conspirators implicated in bribing Hunter’s friend and San Diego colleague, Randy “Duke” Cunningham, who resigned from Congress after pleading guilty. Cunnningham is now serving time in prison for influence peddling.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Congressman_tied_to_contractors_bribery_coconspirators_1214.html

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Are these charges fair? No. Aren’t the Dims using guilt by association to smear Hunter? Absolutely. They’re Demoncrats, afer all. This is what they do, and they have the drive-by media in their pockets to help them do it. Just ask former Virginia Senator George F. Allen how effective the Dims are at it.

[brothers4thID]

If a FR member doesn’t know about Duncan Hunter, at this point, it is through willful ignorance. There’s something like 15 threads per day about him. You can lead an elephant to water...

[Sonny M]

I doubt that I am the only “number cruncher” out there.. especially when the only arguments I hear against Duncan Hunter is that he can’t win because no one knows who he is.. to which I say it is too early to make THAT argument.. but it is NOT too early to discuss which way folks are leaning this early in the game... IMHO..

While I personally favor Thompson, I've never believed in the whole "no one knows who he is" knock on Hunter.

Most candidates for the last few cycles start off that way.

Howard Dean was an unknown and wound up making an impact until he self destructed, John Edwards was only a name because Gore considered him as VP and he has turned that into a career.

Steve Forbes at one time was not considered anything viable, but Bush took him seriously enough to build his tax plan with Forbes being on his mind. The nomination isn't going to be given in a few days, these guys have loads of time to get name recognition and campaign and become viable.

Hunter can be a player and be viable if he works at it and his supporters do alot to get him name ID.