[Sun]

Awwww, come on.

Do you think the candidates who WERE asked about the LIFE issue at the debate today were harmed by it, and if so, why?

Rudy is the ONLY ONE that gets hurt talking about the LIFE issue, so what does that tell us?

[WFTR]

I didn't see the debate. For some reason, I thought that they were holding it this evening. I don't know whether anyone was hurt by their answers, but I doubt that anyone was helped.

The important thing is that Mr. Hunter be seen in ways that will make him stand out from the crowd. Being seen as just one more Republican candidate talking about abortion isn't going to help him. Posturing about abortion will help him with those five to ten percent of the voters who vote on nothing else and whom he is splitting with Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, and maybe Tom Tancredo. Even if he could win all of these voters, he wouldn't be in the "top tier."

From what I saw on Walter's video, Mr. Hunter hit the issues where he can really distinguish himself from the other candidates. He understands the military issues. He understands how to make the Iraq War a success. Those issues are the ones that will put him in the minds of average folks who make up most of the voters.

Bill