Duncan Hunter will never win the GOP nomination. I love Duncan Hunter. He is immentley qualified to be POTUS. He would probably do the best job of any of the contenders mentioned here. BUT - Duncan Hunter is a terrible campaigner. Not only will Hunter never be POTUS. He will also never be the Senator from or Governor of California. Most Freepers never had a chance to see any DH campaign commercials or materials because he was gone by the time their state voted. I had the opportunity to visit NV when DH was still campaigning there and heard his Radio Ads and TV spots. - TERRIBLE. I know a lot of Freepers get mad when people talk about electability but we have to face the fact that the President of the US is not chosen by A) The Free Republic B) CPAC or C)Talk Radio. We have to put forward a candidate that can inspire, persuade, and seal the deal. Although Duncan Hunter’s character, values, and political ideolgy are golden, he doesn’t even have the campaign skills of John McCain or Bob Dole. The best analogy for Duncan Hunter is that he is the sweet, smart, homely girl that no one ones to date but makes the best wife. POTUS is a race for the pretty girls (and I don’t just mean Mitt & Sarah.) Duncan Hunter, like that homely girl who someday makes the best wife will someday be a great Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State but he is never getting elected President.
The way that would work would be for Sarah to get the nomination then for her to ask Hunter to be her running mate.
Thanks for letting us DH fans down gently. We've got to accept that the man has near-zero retail appeal.
People just don't flock to Hunter and never will.
But he'll make a great DHS head or SecDef for Pres. Palin.