I like Tancredo also. Obviously, it was his work on the illegal immigration issue that first brought him to my attention in 2002 or 2003. I thought his was an important voice on that issue, but I thought little else about him - even when I heard he was considering running for president.
But as the field of candidates started to form - including Fred Thompson and Newt Gingrich - I spent time looking at all of their records, all of their positions and all of their plans. Of course, Thompson and Newt have offered little in the way of a vision of what their presidency would look like in terms of a policy agenda, but they both have records to look at.
In the end, I decided that Tancredo was the only one other than Ron Paul and possibly Duncan Hunter who was seriously talking about limiting the federal government and turning it back toward the small animal it was intended to be. I was pleased to see that illegal immigration is not the only issue where Tancredo has been his own man and not just another Republican vote - he voted against No Child Left Behind, McCain-Feingold and the president's prescription drug fiasco.
In the end, Tancredo is the candidate I most relate to on the issues, and so on principle he's the one I will support in the primary.
A California bump for Tancredo.
Those are the three Americans in the race. I don't know whether Thompson is an American or a Globalbist. If I had to vote today, I'd vote for Tancredo.
The media is placing Tom in a box-—a one issue candidate.
While Tom’s position on immigration is well known, he hasn’t done much to enhance what his position is on other issues. Not Tom’s fault by the way, but because of his strong stance on illegal immigration, most media types only want to raise this one issue in hopes of trapping him or making him say something controversial.
Tom would benefit if he would clearly state how he is different from Guiliani and Romney, on only on immigration but on other issues,like Iraq. Tom could pound McCain all day on immigration, but McCain has flamed out and is going nowhere fast. Thank God for that!