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Posted at 4:43pm on Jan. 7, 2008 Duncan Hunter Cries Wolf, Beclowns Self.

You're getting less likeable every day, Duncan.

By Leon H Wolf

UPDATE: Geraghty points out that Hunter also played the chickenhawk card on the corporate conspiracy to black him out of the debates. I don't know if Hunter wanted to be SecDef, as a lot of people assume, but if he did he probably lost that chance today.

UPDATE: Geraghty has alerted me to this video of Duncan Hunter walking on to the live set of Morning Joe on MSNBC and angrily proclaiming that "I got a delegate in Wyoming!" several times. Hunter is coming unglued and someone needs to talk some sense into him quick, if there is such a person available.

Really, Erick's post is all Duncan Hunter's "announcement" today deserves, but since I generally like Duncan Hunter despite his protectionist tendencies and his fixation with the wall he built with his own bare hands, I felt like I should offer Mr. Hunter the following piece of advice: quit before you fall any further behind.

Read on.

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Posted at 6:59pm on Jan. 5, 2008 Wyoming Caucus Early Results: Romney 6, Fred 1, Hunter 1 [Updated Final: Romney 8, Fred 3, Hunter 1]

Ron Paul 0. Nobody else campaigned there.

By Dan McLaughlin

As I expected, Mitt Romney wins today's Wyoming caucus, beating back a late effort by Fred Thompson - note that these are not final results (caucuses closed at 5pm EST):

Mitt Romney captured his first win of the Republican presidential race, gaining most of Wyoming's delegates at stake in GOP caucuses on Saturday.

The former Massachusetts governor won six of the first eight delegates to be selected. Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson and California Rep. Duncan Hunter won one apiece, meaning no other candidate could beat Romney. Caucuses were still being held to decide all 12 delegates at stake.

The win was a boost for Romney, coming two days after his loss to Mike Huckabee in the Iowa caucuses and three days before the first-in-the- nation primary in New Hampshire. Those two states have attracted most of the political attention. Wyoming had scheduled its GOP county conventions earlier to attract candidates to the state but had only modest results.

Romney visited Wyoming in August and November and three of his five sons campaigned in the state. One son, Josh Romney, owns a ranch in southwest Wyoming.

"Number one, he campaigned here," delegate Leigh Vosler of Cheyenne said of Romney. "I think that helped while some other candidates ignored us. But also he's the right person for the job."

Hunter, Thompson and Ron Paul all stopped by the state—visits they probably wouldn't have made except for this year's early conventions—and candidates have sent Wyoming's GOP voters a flood of campaign mail. Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, did not visit Wyoming and drew little support. Arizona Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani also did not visit and received little support.

H/T.

UPDATE: CNN reports now 8 of the 12 delegates for Romney, 2 for Fred and 1 for Hunter, with 91% reporting.

UPDATED AGAIN: Final: Romney 8, Fred 3, Hunter 1.

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Posted at 11:53am on Jan. 4, 2008 Minor Candidate Roundup

The 10-Ring Circus Is Ending

By Dan McLaughlin

For those of you who missed it elsewhere, just to summarize:

Duncan Hunter is focusing on New Hampshire and Wyoming (which caucuses Saturday) rather than pack it in after drawing 1% of the vote in Iowa, which he was largely ignoring. Presumably, Hunter will end his pointless campaign by next Wednesday and focus on positioning himself to be the next Secretary of Defense, a job for which he is well-qualified, although I'm not really sure who he would be liklely to endorse at this stage.

Joe Biden and Chris Dodd have returned to their day jobs in the Senate. Dodd's campaign never did get the wave of momentum he expected from announcing his candidacy on the Don Imus show.

Hunter, along with Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel, will be barred from the next round of debates hosted by ABC. ABC's press release doesn't even mention Alan Keyes. I haven't yet seen evidence that Keyes is even on the ballot in key states. Thus, the next debates will feature Huckabee, McCain, Romney, Giuliani, Thompson and Paul on the GOP side and Obama, Clinton, Edwards and Richardson on the Democrat side.

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Posted at 7:32am on Nov. 20, 2007 MI Morning Update: Primary Appeal filed with MI Supreme Court, Hunter speaks in Macomb Co

By saul anuzis

352 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

The Macomb County GOP Tribute to conservative leaders was a great success! The special guest was Congressman Duncan Hunter. Congrats on a job well done…and thanks to those who stand on principle!!!

Attorney General Mike Cox ended the evening after the “Ax the Tax” axes were handed out to the various honorees by suggesting next year’s slogan could be: “no taxation with Republican representation”!

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