[Antoninus]

I think that the problem that many conservatives have with Rudy is that they sense that the political pendulum is starting to swing back to the left after 12 years of being on the right.

No, what I don't like is the fact that some are saying that after 12 years of electoral victory, we need to go back to the game plan that led to 40 years of electoral defeat.

[Zeroisanumber]

No, what I don't like is the fact that some are saying that after 12 years of electoral victory, we need to go back to the game plan that led to 40 years of electoral defeat.

The political climate has changed quite a bit in the last three years. Iraq is hanging off of us like an albatross, and unless things get better over there and we're able to start bringing our boys home, they're likely to get worse. The public is tired of partisanship and they're going to vote for a candidate who is precieved as a moderate. Under those conditions, Duncan Hunter is not going to be electable.