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    Someone like Tancredo could do well in '08, 'bio' poll finds

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    Someone like Tancredo could do well in '08, 'bio' poll finds


    Tom Tancredo was dubbed "Candidate J" in the Zogby poll. Print By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News
    August 24, 2006
    Someone like U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo could do surprisingly well in the 2008 Republican presidential contest, a unique "blind bio" poll found.
    With two years to go before the two major parties' presidential nominating conventions, polling outfit Zogby International decided to do something different to gauge the strength of would- be candidates: The pollsters didn't ask about candidates by name - instead, they read brief biographies of various would-be contenders then asked people to pick their favorites.

    Tancredo, the Littleton Republican dubbed "Candidate J," finished fourth on the Republican side with 9.9 percent of the tally. The results, first reported by U.S. News & World Report, put Tancredo ahead of GOP contenders such as Sen. Chuck Hagel, of Nebraska, 6.1 percent; Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 5.8 percent; and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, of Tennessee.

    About Tancredo, poll participants were told: "Candidate J is a four-term congressman from a swing state in the Midwest.

    Candidate J is best known of being an outspoken critic of illegal immigration. He has also been highly critical of the Bush administration's guest worker plan. Before coming to Congress, Candidate J was a Department of Education official under former presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and was president of a conservative think tank."

    Tancredo has toyed with the idea of running for president to advance his anti-illegal immigration agenda.

    The poll had some surprising results on the Democratic side. Without her name mentioned, presumed front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton finished sixth in a field led by Virginia Gov. Mark Warner.

    Nameless prospective candidates

    Top four finishers in each party in a "blind bio" poll* of would-be presidential contenders by Zogby International. Respondents were given brief biographies of candidates, but not names.

    Republicans

    • Candidate G. (former House Speaker Newt Gingrich) 21.4 percent

    • Candidate A. (Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.) 13.3 percent

    • Candidate K. (former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani) 11.2 percent

    • Candidate J. (Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.) 9.9 percent

    Democrats

    • Candidate G. (former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, D-Va.) 14.8 percent

    • Candidate D. (retired Gen. Wesley Clark) 14.2 percent

    • Candidate B. (Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc.) 12.2 percent

    • Candidate C. (Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.) 11.1 percent

    *The Poll Had A Margin Of Error Of 2 Percentage Points.
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    HE SAID HE WOULD RUN IF THE PEOPLE WANTED HIM. LET HIM KNOW.

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    Tancredo would have won the poll if it wasn't for the what I am assuming were glittering BS lies told in the bios of the other candidates.
    “You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes”- Maimonides

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