[samantha]

Duncan Hunter is only a Congresscritter, and may be Pro life, but apparently is not very fiscally Conservative. He has no name recognition, has had no experience running a large Company, has never held State Wide office, and as far as I can see he is unelectable.

[MNJohnnie]

No such thing as "Unelectable" sorry but the political world is in flux. We have not had an election where there was NO obvious torch bearer in either party running since the 1950s.

Kennedy beat Eisenhower's chosen successor Nixon. Kennedy is killed and the torch passed to LBJ. LBJ's obvious successor Humphrey lost to Nixon. Nixon resigns and passes the torch to Ford, Cater beat Ford, Reagan beat Carter. Reagan passes the Torch to Bush 1, Bush one loses to Clinton. Clinton passes it to Gore who loses to Bush 2. After Bush two....wide open.

This is a once in a life time election. Probably the only wide open election campaign we will see in our life time.All the old assumptions and political folk wisdom go right out the door for 2008. Being ONLY a Congresscritter and having no name recognition actually HELPS Hunter since the winners in National elections usually are the once who run AGAINST the DC Machine. Reagan won by being an outsider. Clinton won the same way. Bush was the outsider and the Democrats in 2006, as unbelievable as this is to people who actually follow politics, won by running against Republican dominated DC. Hunter can win. But he will have to let it all hang out.

[PerConPat]

Duncan Hunter...as far as I can see he is unelectable.

This is not an unreasonable conclusion, at present. But to be fair, one could make a very good argument that this applies to every Pub currently running. So, I am left with the feeling that what we, as Conservatives, have to concern ourselves with is the material that we have at our disposal from which to fashion a viable candidate.

IMHO, Hunter's stock rises under these circumstances. The public may become very weary of watching "national" figures play the same old games day in and day out as Nov. 2008 approaches. Duncan might find a niche if he is able to bring a fresh, aggressively structured approach to what Conservatism really means to the well-being of Americans.

Lincoln, hardly a physically appealing candidate, captured America's fancy because the times were ripe for change. It may be possible that Hunter is emerging at precisely the Right instant, politically speaking. Much will depend on Iraq, the economy, and who knows what else- but Conservatives must soon rally around someone or we are lost in 2008.

[STARWISE]

He's growing on me .. check out this campaign announcement. Seems to have a little better quality not being on youtube.

http://www.schotline.com/