Duncan Hunter To Run For President

Posted on October 30, 2006

MS. Underestimated is excited over this news.

Rep. Duncan Hunter has shown little interest in seeking higher office during his 26 years in Congress. Suddenly, he is positioning himself for a presidential bid.

A Republican official said Hunter, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, planned to announce Monday that he was considering a run for president in 2008. The announcement would allow the lawmaker to begin raising money and organize supporters in early Republican primary states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The official didn’t want to be named ahead of Hunter’s announcement.

Hunter spokesman Joe Kasper would not comment on Hunter’s plans, other than to say that he would be holding a news conference in San Diego at 11 a.m. PST Monday regarding electoral plans for 2008.

Hunter told Fox News Channel Sunday,”I’m going to make an announcement about a national campaign in’08.”He didn’t elaborate, other than to say it would be made from the waterfront”where I started my humble career in 1980.”