The second tier candidates will have an opportunity to present their cases at the Presidential debates. Unitl then, it will be an uphill struggle for them to raise money and increase their visibility. Money is the Mother's milk of politics and there are only so many teats available.
What a joke, that's like saying that people in a back room decide what TV show people are going to watch or what car they are going to buy. Rudy is popular on his own, now because the media wants him to win the nomination.
No one is interested in a no name with no record.
>>none more honestly conservative than Duncan Hunter.
Has no one heard of Fred Thompson? He is not only a conservative's conservative, he's got the ability to win this.
Hunter, I don't know him, and that's his biggest problem right now. (The electorate doesn't know who he is)
JM.02
Although I agree that Bob Dole was a terrible candidate, I don't like it when people (such as Deaniacs and Buchananites) blame the party leadership for the fact that their candidate couldn't win the primaries. That's being a sore loser.
Conservative believe deeply in their convictions. Right?
My convictions tell me that Duncan Hunter is:
Right on Immigration.
Right on China (and foreign trade in general.)
Right on Taxation.
Right on on Criminal Prosecution.
Right on the Constitution (especially the 2nd Amendment.)
Right on Abortion. (Even though I disagree a bit on how to
get to that point)
Right on war prosecution.
Right on prisons.
Right on marriage.
Right on Checking Murtha types hard and fast (and the Democratic party as a whole) as he did with a few sentence reolution in the House to combat the America hating rhetoric!!!
Right in the notion that a straight question deserves a straight answer and a bogus question deserves to be exposed for what it is.
Right in voting one's convictions.
I fully intend to vote for Duncan Hunter in the primaries.
Come presidential election time, I will be voting for Duncan Hunter as well. If I have to write in his name, so be it. Why? Simple, I vote my convictions.
I have a favorable view of Rudy but I am not going to vote for him just because I think he can draw enough independants to beat Hillary. I think Duncan Hunter can do that anyway.
I am not a bandwagon fan who is going to vote for who I think others will vote for. Doing that only cheapens my own vote. Sheeple mentality like that belongs in the liberal left of the Democratic party.
The media is not affording Duncan Hunter major play because what you see is what you get, there is no DRAMA. His popularity will grow as time passes, of that I have no doubt. I think many might just have to eat these early election cycle words they type now. You never know, maybe I will be one of those people.
But in the end, I will know that I cast my vote according to my convictions and my beliefs. I will know that I didn't lower my standards just to be on the 'winning' team. I will know that did the right thing. I will know I made my vote count the way I wanted it to. I will know that I did what the Framers wanted me to do.
2006 saw the Republican Party taught a lesson. They should learn from it moving forward. Look at the Democrats today fighting amongst themselves looking like FOOLS! A reality check for the Republican party happening when the Democrats look as foolish and ineffective as they do right now needs to be capitalized on. Not matched!
Conservatives are the base of this Country, not just the Republican Party and when it comes right down to it, most Americans have a majority of conservative core values. (So long as they are not fringe one issue voters.)
Folks, Im Just sayin that if you want to spend your vote playing a lottery because you think it's a winning ticket, go for it. It is your right to do so. Just remember when you scratch of your ticket and things don't work out the way you wanted them too, you will have to look inside yourself and answer this question.
Did I vote for someone to best represent my convictions and beliefs or did I vote for someone to insure controlling political party power sacrificing some of my core values and beliefs in that attempt?
I know how I want to be able to answer that question. Do you?
Bob Dole is okay, but on his big nominee coming out broadcast he froze solid even more than Nixon ever did. What we need is another Eisenhower--tons of experience in doing and talking.
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