Another interesting thing about the AP story was that it may have been the only time that they covered Tancredo in a positive light...
Funny that Tancredo’s low support was always ridiculed by the media....until he endorsed Romney.
Thompson gets the benefit of Tancredo’s campaign staff...which in the long run is better than Tancredo’s endorsement
i dont like that they leave hunter out of everything. they are tryign to keep him out of the news.
I don't take the Tancredo endorsement of Mitt too seriously. It was actually a smart political move to help FRed. And Tancrado's people moved to FRed, not Mitt. That speaks loud and clear who he really endorsed. Notice that Mitt is not crowing abut the endorsement very much.
FRed got the King endorsement, which is a gold mine, and Tancredo knows that. It was a real blow to Mitt not having that endorsement. Mitt was working on that endorsement for a year. King and Tancredo are close friends, it seems more likely this was a political strategy to help FRed by not giving him Tancredo's baggage with an endorsement, and shifting it to Mitt. Tancredo can be seen as extreme on immigration, which can cause some backlash. And while it plays well for border-control first voters, it may not help with more moderate and swing voters in Iowa. FRed needs to win those to have a good showing.
FRed's polls have been going up, while Mitt, Rudy, Huck have all stayed the same or dropped. FRed is peaking at the right time.