HUNTER DROPS OUT OF THE RACE
Rep. Duncan Hunter has officially dropped his bid to become the nominee on the Republican side for President of the United States. It was my opinion that Rep. Hunter was, by far, the strongest conservative in the race. Unfortunately, the press paid little attention to him and even the majority of the conservative pundits and talk show hosts seemed to ignore his campaign. As you all know, I endorsed Rep. Hunter, so I am especially saddened to see him exit the race. However, I am proud to have endorsed him. I was not going to endorse someone with lesser conservative credentials simply because "they could win." The whole point of my site is being a Proud Conservative. I was proud to endorse the best conservative in the race. I was not going to put my integrity to the side just so that I could say, "Hey, I endorsed the winner." What good is endorsing the eventual winner, if you don't believe they represent conservatism the best of any of the candidates? So yes, I backed a candidate who didn't win and I would proudly do so again. The rest of the candidates left in the race are Republicans. Duncan Hunter is a Conservative. And as I've said many, many times....the name of this site is ProudConservative.com and not ProudRepublican.com.
-Trent
