Monday, January 14, 2008

"The Best Man For The Job"

UPDATE (Jan. 20)
Hunter has dropped out of the race. Therefore Mitt Romney is now the candidate of choice.

After long deliberation (some might say too long) I have arrived at my choice in the Republican primary. As long as he is still on the ballot on Super Tuesday (February 5th) my vote will go to... Duncan Hunter.
The first argument that others would make against voting for Hunter is that he has no chance of winning the nomination and I will be wasting my vote. My answer is, true, barring a miracle, Hunter will not get the nomination, but I will not be wasting my vote, I believe that Hunter is the best candidate and am voting on that litmus test, electability is the last thing I considered when reviewing the candidates.
If Hunter is not on the ballot on Super Tuesday then I will have to choose someone else, but I can guarantee that I will not be voting for Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani or Mike Huckabee. Romney is most likely my second choice barring another entrant before the 5th.