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.
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Well, you've made a better choice than anyone else I know. Still, I wonder what litmus test you did apply. I have nothing against Hunter; after Romney and Keyes, he would be my third choice. But isn't there kind of a trio of things that have to line up? I agree that electability is the least of the three but if the guy can't be elected you'll never know if he was the right man for the job. Issues is another element, and Hunter is good on these, but even that cannot be the more important. Governing experience is really where you discover if a candidate can do the job and I'm afraid here Hunter doesn't really have it. At least you got the second choice right though. ;-)
You're one of us now. The Evangelicals supporting the Mormon. Welcome to the Dark Side. :-) Now try to get the parents.
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