I need to see more detail on where all this support is coming from and how deep it is.
Why, would that change your mind? At this point, fifteen months away from an election, I would question the depth of support for any presidential candidate. But what is happening here on FR is being laughed at on other sites, both left and right. FR is attempting to destroy its own best chance of winning an election. People here will do their best to destroy Rudi, McCain, Romney and yes, even Newt. The left doesn't have to spend a dime researching, it's all here.
People here have to gather a bit of realism to add to their "social" zeal. Hunter, Tancredo, Brownback and others simply do not have the money nor national backing to seriously entertain their candidacy. They do offer ideas that should be listened to by the major candidates, but as with the Democrat candidates in 2004, offer little more than entertainment to the electorate.