[luvadavi]

Oh I am sick of hearing the *viable candidate* CRAPOLA! If all the Fred-heads had stuck with Hunter instead of wasting time and money nursing a lukewarm guy who was (is) a stalking horse for McCommie, then we might have attracted the true conservative base and beat back the bias of the MSN. Instead, we*ve lost the best man and have the devil to pay next Nov. Our hope here in CA is that Hunter just might run for governor and win.

[counterpunch]

So where are you Duncan Hunter supporters going?
As I’ve suspected all along, it looks like you’re going to *uckabee.

This is all one big “See I Told You So.”

[SoCalPol]

Exactly. Hunter entered the race early. Many, many months later Fred showed up a little after the Huckester.

[Clintonfatigued]

It was actually Tom Tancredo who prevented Hunter from consolidating support, not Fred Thompson. Hunter and Tancredo essentially canceled each other out.

[Lexinom]

Hunter has said he is not interested in the governorship, and I'm not sure he could win. Besides, that would be a waste of his long military record. He belongs at the national level. Right now, I see a SecDef position in a Huckabee administration.

I don't see McCain winning unless Hillary is the 'rat.

It is likewise hard to imagine Romney defeating Obama.

If Huckabee named Hunter his running mate, it would fill a gaping void in Huckabee's experience on the foreign/military front, and would probably be a ticket I could support.

[mrsmel]

You said it. I am so over this race. if Fred drops out, I'm over it for real. As far as I'm concerned, the Republican party will have left me, to "coin a phrase". I cannot vote for the remaining contenders with a clear conscience, and I don't consider myself fastidious to a fault as far as demanding total idealogical purity. But the remaining candidates are too far from conservative on too many issues. Maybe I'm just aggravated right now, but I'm so disgusted and frustrated--this almost feels like it was planned, that there not be a true conservative candidate to stand for conservative principles right down the line, in this election. I am just really frustrated and disgusted right now, and Fred dropping out will just clinch it. The politicians broker deals between themselves for their personal ambition-the only people who seem to stand by their principles either have scary principles, like the loonies on the left, or are shut out (the ones on the Right). The rest are just in it for power, they play it whichever way will get them there, considering the politics of their constituencies. They wheel and deal amongst themselves, and then pretend to us that they're running for higher reasons--because the American people mostly are sheeple who care more about "boxers or briefs" or "first woman president" or "oh they play Fleetwood Mac, aren't they so cool and relevant". I'm sick of it.

[vaudine]

That could read backwards, you know. If Hunter had admitted he hadn't enough support, dropped out when Fred got in and endorsed Fred, Fred might have done better--but I don't really know if Hunter had enough support to make a drop of difference.

Speaking of stalking horses, which has been mentioned several times on these threads, could Paul be made a stalking horse for the Dems--maybe someone put big money behind him to see him run. His % in several states, as well as his supporters could really have helped Fred or another GOPer. He has helped splinter the vote.

However, several Paul supporters (because of limited govt.)I know have McCain as their second choice--go figure. McCain may talk keeping spending down and big money out of campaigns, but both are a farce. His enviro proposals and regulation proposals would ruin the economy, and his desire to close Gitmo and bring them into our prisons with legal rights is insane, & inept. vaudine

[Josh Painter]

luvadavi wrote: “If all the Fred-heads had stuck with Hunter instead of wasting time and money nursing a lukewarm guy who was (is) a stalking horse for McCommie, then we might have attracted the true conservative base and beat back the bias of the MSN. Instead, we*ve lost the best man and have the devil to pay next Nov.”

In his second speech tonight, Hunter accepted full responsibility for his campaign failing to gain traction. He didn’t blame it on Fred, because that would have been whining and a lie to boot. His campaign was going nowhere before Fred even got in the race. He was polling at 1%. After Fred got in the race, Hunter continued to poll at 1%.

So once again, Hunter shows he has more class in his little fingernail than all of his FR supporters put together.

And a pox on any Fred supporters who think Hunter’s 1% would have made any difference in Fred’s campaign. Hunter wasn’t the cause of any of the Thompson campaign’s problems.

Good grief, people. Get a grip on reality...

[proudtobeanamerican1]

Maybe Duncan should have campaigned!

[proudtobeanamerican1]

Maybe Duncan should have campaigned!

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

" If all the Fred-heads had stuck with Hunter instead of wasting time and money nursing a lukewarm guy..."

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Since I'm assuming you're serious, I have to say this is about the dumbest thing I've ever read on this forum.

If only the fifteen percent of the party that has supported Fred would have thrown its support behind the <1 percent of the party that has supported Hunter, Hunter would be doing better? Is THAT what you're saying?

That's some revolutionary.....ummm....."thinking" there.

Hank