Duncan Hunter is the best candidate, no question. Like I said, the million dollar question is...can he go all the way? Should he win the nomination, can he take on Hildabeast/Obamasama and their overhyped star power?
You raise a good point about Rudy. What sort of military experience does he have? How do we know he'd be a good leader in the WOT? He has no experience in foreign policy matters, either. And if we can't trust him to enforce our own borders, how can we trust him to take on the Islamofascists?
I think Duncan can go all the way. He has the time to gather the right team before the primaries. He's real and he's running against phonies -- that wins elections. His policies are on target with middle america, and his strong stance & military bearing are the types of things average voters appreciate in a president.
Duncan ran a $530BILLION budget, much bigger than anything Rudy ran as a mayor. He has been rubbing elbows with some big money people that make some of the others in the race look cheap in comparison, and he has grassroots support along the same par as Dean.
The more you get to know him, the more you like what you see; it's just the opposite with Rudy.