Who knows? There was a time when many thought Gerald Ford was more electable than Ronald Reagan. I'd certainly favor Thompson over any of the Dems, but right now I'm more in favor of supporting the candidate who is the most robust supporter of strong conservatism and then letting the general election take care of itself.
‘Duncan Hunter probably cannot win
Who knows? ‘
Anyone that pays attention and is the least bit objective about politics on the national level.
Its not his positions. Its his complete and total lack of charisma, which like it or not plays a big role in who wins.
Were you a voter in 1964? I was, and those are the same kind of things I and other hard line conservatives were saying about Goldwater back then. He was the great conservative hope who would we just knew would lead the nation out from under New Deal/Fair Deal Democratic socialism and Ike's country club style moderate Republicanism and back to conservative principles.
The general election took care of itself alright, it gave Republicans the worst beating since the FDR days and gave America LBJ, who IMHO was absolutely the most evil, crooked, despicable man ever to sit behind the Oval Office desk, and that list includes Bill Clinton.
I'm not saying that Hunter is not a better man for the job than Fred, personally I think he is. I'm just saying that in many instances the perfect is the enemy of the good, and in this case the good is light years better than the worst, which is what we will get if Hillobamary is elected.