Where's Duncan Hunter?

Why does it seem that Duncan Hunter is going nowhere?

Clearly the Democrats' offerings won't work for the conservatives and the Evangelicals in particular. Mitt Romney is not going to fly because he's a Mormon and Evangelicals don't like Mormons. Unfair? Perhaps. Irrational? Likely. But that doesn't change things. Mike Huckabee would seem like a natural for the Christians. He was, after all, a pastor at one time. He's likeable. He's rising in the polls. And yet ... you'll find a lot of Christians that, how shall I put it, dislike him intensely. I suppose it's a product of rising in the polls like he has, but he's the current target of anyone who isn't a Huckabee fan, including Thompson's folks, Romney's folks, and anyone else who is not a fan.(I gotta tell you, I thoroughly dislike this kind of politics. And when Christians engage in this kind of negativity and call it "politics", well, it's just embarrassing.) McCain is too moderate. Thompson is the choice of a very loud group, but he may have gotten into it too late to pull it off, and, frankly, where he stands on essential issues is unclear. Giuliani is viewed by some as the only possible Republican to beat Hillary, but to the conservatives he is beset by a string of broken marriages and takes that stand that it's perfectly okay for women to choose to kill their babies before they're born. Brownback favors Social Security numbers for illegal aliens in a conservative world where immigration is a major issue and holds unpopular views in things like CAFTA. Oh, and let's not forget Ron Paul. His following borders on the fanatical, but anyone who says, "I don't care if Iran has nukes" is a dangerous person to put in the White House.

So what is the gripe with Duncan Hunter? He favors an amendment to the Constitution that would protect the unborn. He wants to put judges in the courts that strictly interpret the law rather than legislating from the bench. He co-sponsored legislation that would prevent minors from crossing state lines to get an abortion in a sate that doesn't require parental notification. He opposes human cloning and federal support for stem cell research. He co-sponsored the Constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between a man and a woman. He favors parents' rights in their children's education. On the First Amendment, he wants the government to step back rather than working hard to remove religion from every corner. On the Second Amendment, he recognizes that the right to bear arms isn't about hunting, but about our right to be safe. He is a typical supporter of Reaganomics, believing that giving us tax cuts will improve the economy. He supports a balanced budget and holds that our rights to private property are more important than the latest rulings on eminent domain. On the subject of illegal immigration, he is perhaps the most outspoken. He was partly responsible for getting the fences placed on California's border and extended into Arizona. Citizenship for illegal alien babies, the problems that Border Patrol agents face, and issues of employer verification are some of his concerns in the whole question.

In every test I've taken about who is closest to my views, Duncan Hunter seems to always come out on top. On the other hand, none of the polls seem to offer him any traction. What I can't figure out is why? What is it that is stopping Evangelicals and conservatives from jumping on his bandwagon? It seems like he's what we need. Where's the problem?