Hunter didn't take advantage of the New Media like Paul and Thompson did, and got burned. That doesn't mean that he's NOT representative of the GOP; I would say that Hunter is the purest Republican in the race.
McCain, Romney, Thompson, Paul, and Huckabee -- none of them live up to the brand "conservatism" that is embraced by most here. And depending on who you are talking to here, all of them have serious flaws in their conservative credentials.
All of them are certainly more conservative than friggin' Rudy. The fact that their conservatism varies is irrelevant.
The closest thing to a consensus here seems to be in the distaste for Giuliani.
You damn right. Rudy is a fricking liberal. Pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-homosexual rights, pro-authoritarian....he does not represent the Republican Party at all.
And he's the GOP frontrunner.
Those polls are fabricated because the MSM is salivating over a Rudy vs Hillary matchup, knowing that conservatives will split and possibly give the election to Hillary, who'll win with even less than the 43% that Bill got in 1992. Rudy needs to be taken out of the primaries or else you can kiss the GOP goodbye, because I'm sure in the Hell ain't campaigning for or donating to any Republicans if Rudy's nominated.