Date: 3/22/2007

Tancredo will decide on presidential run within 2 weeks



The Associated Press

DENVER — Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, an outspoken advocate of an immigration crackdown, said Thursday he would decide within two weeks whether to run for president.

Tancredo formed an exploratory committee in January, and his campaign stops have included Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. He has hired a campaign manager in New Hampshire, the state with the first presidential primary.

Spokesman Alan Moore said Tancredo’s late March campaign finance report will show he has raised more than 1 million in donations, but Moore said money would not be the only factor in Tancredo’s decision.

“It’s a big personal decision,” Moore said. “It’s about support, something he has to talk over with his family.”

Tancredo has conceded he is an underdog but describes himself as an alternative for GOP voters unhappy with other Republicans. He has staked out conservative positions on social issues, opposing abortion rights, gay marriage and federal financing of embryonic stem cell research.

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