Posted on 01/17/2007 6:53:02 AM PST by Red Phillips
Regarded by many as the leading opponent of illegal immigration in Congress, Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado announced today he's taking a step toward a presidential run with the launch of an exploratory campaign committee.
"I'm going to do so because I believe there is a void in the present panoply of people seeking that office," Tancredo said this morning on the Fox News Channel program "Fox and Friends."
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Tancredo may not win, but the right issues will now become part of the debate. And that's very very good!
I agree. We need good people.
r9etb is yawning.
Wouldn't Tancredo be a better choice to run for Allard's seat now that he's retiring? His current path will leave him out of office altogether come 2009.
The is going to be an all out effort to make Tancredo the issue, not the border.
Dane, where are you? I'm sure he'll show up, I think he punched in on the clock a few minutes ago.
If you need good people, lousy people like Tancredo and Paul aren't going to cut it.
LOL Even the leftists think Ron Paul is a bit nutty even for a Republican.
Mr. Trouble never hangs around
When he hears this mighty sound...
"Here I come to save the day!"
That means that Mighty Tom is on the way.
Yessir when there is a wrong to right
Mighty Tom will join the fight
On the sea or on the land
He gets the situation well in hand
So though we are in danger
We never despair
Cause we know that where there's danger
He is there!
He is there!
On the land!
On the sea!
In the air!
We're not worryin' at all
We're just listenin' for his call
"Here I come to save the day!"
That means that Mighty Tom is on the way!
> There is going to be an all out effort to make Tancredo the issue, not the border.
Bring it. Let the smear merchants show their true colors.
I can't wait to see Julie-Annie trying to defend his defenseless Sanctuary City Policy and the lawsuit he filed against the US Gubmint. And the same for John 'Amnesty for All' McInsane.
Gotta get a lot of popcorn :-)
This guy is a one trick pony.
If the GOP cannot do better than him, then the DEMs will control all three branches of government within four years.
from what?
That is assuming he loses. If conservatives demand a better alternative than McCain, Romney, or Giuliani or the amnesty supporting conservative pretenders Brownback and Huckabee, then Tancredo could do very well.
I hope Paul emerges as the conservative alternative, but Tancredo is leagues better than the other 5 charlitans I named above.
"LOL Even the leftists think Ron Paul is a bit nutty even for a Republican."
Is that supposed to be some kind of intelligent debate?
RINOs are going to go into full smear mode now.
There's no need to smear Tancredo.
If he ever gets serious national TV time, voters will recognize him immediately for what he is: a self-important one-issue blowhard.
The things he says and the way he says them turn most people off, and he can't help himself.
People will also compare his advertised positions to the sources of his campaign financing the way they scrutinize every other candidate.
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