I've been thinking about this a great deal...wondering what is really going on here. These are what I think the perceptions are of these men.
McCain = unstable, angry, dedicated and driven. Right on SOME issues.
Hunter = stable, smart, decent, and a veteran . Right on the issues.
Romney = brilliant, but...too soon?
Newt = great intellect, articulate, questionable past, solid on issues..
Rudy = ruthless, ambitious, dedicated, hard-working, social liberal..not pleasing to many of "the base".
Fred = American.
Precisely!
And a man of bedrock integrity, which is more than you can say for some of the others. :(