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WASHINGTON – Morris Udall. Dick Gephardt. John Kasich. Bob Dornan. Jack Kemp. James Garfield. Dennis Kucinich. What these gentlemen have in common – other than having all served in the House of Representatives – is that each ran for the White House while he was still a congressman. Only one of them made it. Morris Udall Dick Gephardt John Kasich Bob Dornan Jack Kemp James Garfield Dennis Kucinich Duncan Hunter And he got shot. Now that Duncan Hunter has taken the plunge for the Republican presidential nomination official, the Alpine congressman may soon encounter the peculiar challenges that face a...

Principled conservatives might not have a horse in the presidential race By Steven Greenhut The Orange County Register (MCT) I was dismayed by the stories, but I wasn't surprised by them. During the recent California Republican Party Convention in Sacramento, newspapers reported that party delegates - including many grass-roots conservatives and even some conservative party stalwarts - were wildly enthusiastic about the presidential candidacy of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Any "conservative" party that can embrace as governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a man whose recent policies often outflank the Democrats on the left, doesn't care about principles, only about winning....

Hunter taps like-minded conservatives in S.C. to lead campaign By SEANNA ADCOX, Published Thursday, February 22, 2007 ...Hunter also named former state Rep. Tom Marchant and Dr. Henry Jordan campaign co-chairmen. Jordan made headlines nearly a decade ago for his disparaging comments about Muslims and Buddhists. The former state school board member in 1997 crudely dismissed the two groups during a school board meeting for their likely opposition to posting the Ten Commandments in schools, saying "screw the Buddhists and kill the Muslims." He apologized for his remarks then and said Thursday only the media remembers the comment. An unsuccessful...

Christian Right Labors to Find ’08 Candidate WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — A group of influential Christian conservatives and their allies emerged from a private meeting at a Florida resort this month dissatisfied with the Republican presidential field and uncertain where to turn. The event was a meeting of the Council for National Policy, a secretive club whose few hundred members include Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family, the Rev. Jerry Falwell of Liberty University and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform. Although little known outside the conservative movement, the council has become a pivotal stop for...

Hunter's campaign ads may violate campaign laws MANCHESTER, N.H. – Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter, a California Congressman, has used his political action committee to run New Hampshire TV ads introducing himself to voters -- in what some specialists say could be a violation of campaign finance laws.

Sunday, February 25, 2007 -- East County Congressman Duncan Hunter drew a sellout crowd to his first major campaign breakfast in San Diego. KUSI's Doug Curlee shows us how the presidential candidate is trying to reel in local voters.