Duncan Hunter Bows out of Race

From CBN News.

Hunter Bows Out Before Vote Tallies

The Associated Press

January 19, 2008

CBNNews.com - SAN DIEGO - Rep. Duncan Hunter is dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination after a poor showing in the Nevada caucus, his campaign said Saturday.

Click play to hear Duncan Hunter's comments after dropping out of the race.

"We thought we'd do much better in Nevada, but the numbers weren't there," said campaign spokesman Bob Bevill. "We were not able to get any traction."

In recent weeks Hunter, a California congressman, was forced at every stop to dispel rumors that the campaign was already dead and was unable to talk about the issues, Bevill said. The best showing of Hunter's campaign was in Wyoming's Jan. 5 caucuses, in which he won 8 percent of the vote, finishing third behind Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.

"The media has a 'vote someone off the island' mentality and Duncan Hunter was a casualty of that," said Bevill.

Hunter, a Vietnam veteran, was elected to Congress in 1980 as part of President Reagan's sweep into power. He appealed to some conservatives by focusing on military issues and border security. [click here to watch the video]

Last night I said that I would like to see Duncan Hunter endorse Fred Thompson. Fred is the most likely for him to endorse. When I was checking out candidates after leaving the Huckabee support, I did look into Duncan Hunter. I liked what I found out about him. But he was mostly just about the immigration issue and I needed more from a candidate.

Perhaps he was in the '08 race to test the waters for '12 and didn't want to get to deep into the issues because of which. That is fine. Perhaps he will try again in '12, if Fred Thompson won't be running for re-election (wink, wink, nod, nod), and be more issues in depth. But this is the here and now. Fred needs all the help he can get. And that help would be for Duncan Hunter to endorse Fred Thompson. On the immigration issue, Fred is the most likely for Duncan to endorse.

Mike Huckabee the Nomad

Since the upcoming debate will be taking place in Michigan, home of the automobile, I thought I would put together an automobile analogy about the candidates. First I shall start with Mike Huckabee.

Due to the fact that Mike Huckabee is pro-family and has a lot of good ideas to bring with him I believe he will enter the debate looking like a 1956 Chevy Nomad, the station wagon version of the Bel Air. The Nomad may not have been expensive or had lots of bells and whistles, nor was it sporty, but it was stable and reliable, just like Mike Huckabee.

I believe Mike Huckabee will come out of the debate looking like a 1956 Chevy Bel Air. As the old ads said, "The hot one's even hotter." Just like the 1955 Bel Air was hot, and the 1956 was hotter, Mike Huckabee has been getting hot lately with the media taking more notice of him. But he will be even hotter after the debate.

Now for Mitt Romney. Sure he has great looks and many in the media are hyping him like a Corvette. But is a Corvette really useful? Or is it just for show?
He will end up looking like an AMC Gremlin. People who think he is so great because of his money will see him for who he really is.

Fred Thompson is like an Edsel. He is overstated for all his bells and whistles. This is going to be his first debate. He has been hyped by media and many Republicans. But once the curtain comes up everyone will see that those bells and whistles are useless just as 1950's consumers did with the Edsel.

Rudy Giuliani may be citified, suave and cosmopolitan like a Lincoln Town Car, but he is too fancy to really understand the needs of the American people.

John McCain is like a Plymouth Horizon. Ya know how ya can be driving down the road and ya see one of those old Horizons and think to yourself, "There's still one of those left?". He is old and has nothing left to give, yet he is still around.

Sam Brownback is like the old FORD anagram, Found on Road Dead. He has crashed and burned. It is time for him to bow out gracefully.

Guys like Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter aren't too bad, I am sure they are nice guys, but they are like fuzzy dice without a car to put them in.

Oh you thought I forgot about Ron Paul? No I didn't. He is like some crazy Volkswagen that was painted by stoned hippies. Him and his crazy followers talk about sunshine, peace, love and tip-toeing through the daisies. And they are all colorful characters.

I invite all you gear heads and rockabilly cats and chicks to leave your own comment on car analogies. What cars do you compare what candidates with?