Duncan Hunter is a non-starter. Rasmussen shows him with less than 1% which is hardly a threat to Thompson, who is at 13% (tied with Romney).
And does it even occur to you to ask WHY the Republican party is already weakened? Do you think it might have something to do with the party’s adoption of the “Clinton Doctrine” of “humanitarian warfare?”
I think it has to do with the free-spending Republican congress - that was defeated in 2006 - (we showed them) and the stupid stands on illegal immigration taken by the Bush administration and some Republican congressional Representatives and Senators last summer. The liberalism of Rudy Giuliani, the Republican leader in the GOP presidential nomination 'horse race', is also a dividing factor.
However, I believe that the majority of conservatives will bind together to support and vote for the Republican candidate that is selected via primary to run against the putative Democrat nominee, Marxist Hillary Clinton, who makes Giuliani's 'liberal' positions on 'cultural issues' look a lot less scary compared to her determined socialist plans for this country. I refuse to act like a petulant whiner and give up my right to vote next November because the GOP nominee isn't exactly to my liking. The '08 presidential election is too important for that kind of childishness and frivolous candidates like Ron Paul with his 'get out of Iraq' message and flirtation with 9/11 'government conspiracy' theories simply waste everyone's time.
I agree wholeheartedly Ron Paul is a no starter and his supporters have no intention of supporting the Republican candidate. I know of no evidence that shows that Libertarians have ever voted Republican in large numbers. They mostly sull up and sit home or vote Democrat.
And this is the funny part, because the Republican candidate you'll rally behind will be either Mitt or Rudy---two people who are treated as communist scum around here. So, in effect, who the GOP will be pitting against a confirmed liberal POS, Hillary Clinton, will be a person FR has been trashing since 2006 for being a confirmed liberal POS.