Duncan Hunter’s “major press announcement” is scheduled to begin now — is he out?

UPDATE: One can argue that very little about Duncan Hunter’s longshot bid has made sense so far, but I can’t say that dropping out today would make much sense. I mean, yes, he wasn’t in either of the weekend’s debates, and so perhaps he could say his departure was prompted by the realization that the media would never give him a fair shot.

But still, he won a delegate in Wyoming this weekend. For Hunter, that’s an accomplishment. A bunch of other guys didn’t win a delegate this weekend – John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee…

He might want to tout his endorsement of someone else, but I figure he’s still only steering his one percent or so towards another candidate. So why drop out now? Why not stick it out to see what happens tomorrow, or try his chances in South Carolina?

ANOTHER UPDATE: According to an account of the conference just posted to FreeRepublic, “He’s p***ed and using a news conference to jab back at ABC/Fox news by stating he’s not dropping out. He has one delegate and thinks he was overlooked by not being allowed in the last two circus events…”

CNN: “Underdog GOP presidential candidate Duncan Hunter lashed out at “knucklehead media executives” who did not include him in this weekend’s New Hampshire primary debates, telling reporters he was staying in the race despite widespread expectations he would announce his withdrawal.”