Bill clinton was at less than 1 percent in the polls two years out from election day. Duncan Hunter has already struck a chord with the conservative base-- witness what happened with the straw poll in Arizona and strong on the border. They are afraid he might catch fire with the base and want to scare them off.
This is a man who intensely disliked McCain (for not real well articulated reasons) and doesn't think much of Romney (including a stated distrust of Mormons).
I found that interesting. One thing about Reagan that was unusual was that he was BOTH the strongest conservative running in the GOP primaries AND the candidate with the strongest appeal to disaffected Dems.
Could Hunter have that same mix?
I knew nothing about Hunter, until today.
He looks like a real conservative. Let's get the word out.