Tell me who is preventing people form voting for Duncan Hunter? I do not see the Republican Party campaigning for any candidate. If Duncan Hunter represents the majority of Republican voters then he should win, it is a simple as that. Or do you and the author of this article want the party leadership to push the nomination of Duncan Hunter? What exactly do you want?
I believe that if Rudy wins the nomination, he will lose the general as his real record gets more play. And that even if he wins, he destroys the coalition that created a Republican Party where we all could have won. Now those pushing Rudy on this site seem to be doing their best to push out social conservatives as unneeded. This is not a winning strategy. When given the choice between Dem and Dem Lite on these social issues, the Reagan Democrats vote Dem and the socially conservative Republicans and evangelicals will probably not allow their revulsion of Hillary outweigh the revulsion they will have for Rudy once they truly understand his positions. At best, they will sit things out. The anti-Hillary Dems would have to make up the numbers lost. How can people expect there to be that many that would vote Republican?
And this all assumes that Hillary is the nominee. If it is Obama or Richardson, there won't even be the fear factor to get them in line.