As much as I like Hunter, I have to agree. I was amazed that Tancredo could fail to endorse Thompson. His and Hunter’s endorsements would have helped raise Thompson’s visibility.
Over the years I appreciated Tancredo’s attention to the immigration issue. I have complimented him on that, but have failed to support him beyond that.
His drop out and subsequent endorsement make my stance on him rather appropriate.
I have the same stance in regard to Tancredo as you.
The rancor over these primaries I have seen here on FR has disturbed me greatly, most especially because it started so far in advance.
At one point Thompson was the number one candidate in the Republican field. He appeared on the Jay Leno show, he was the front-page headlines on every newspaper. Before that he was the fill-in for Paul Harvey, was a long-time cast member on a top-rated TV series, and did ABS News radio commentaries.
I’m sorry, but I can’t see how a guy who is so unknown he gets 1% in the polls could possibly be expected to “raise Thompson’s visibility”.
But if Thompson back in September had come out and said “I appreciate the 40% support I’m seeing, but frankly, there’s already a great man in the race, and I’ll spend the next year campaigning for him, our next President, Duncan Hunter” — THAT would have raised Hunter’s visibility.