a. He is a proven LEADER (funny how us Vets seem to see that from the git go)
b. He is the only Republican who can (reliably) be expected to win in 2008
c. I don't want to spend 4-8 years singing: "Ve HEIL! HEIL! Right in ze Fuehrer's FACE!"
As I recall it was said in 1980 Reagan would never win and only a more moderate candidate like Bush could. It wasn't true then and it isn't now. You put a conservative such as Duncan Hunter up against a socialist democrat and he'll win. But first he has to get through the primaries.