Tancredo's endorsement of Romney confuses his chairman
Posted 12/21/2007 10:20 AM CST on Des Moines Register
SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Fred Thompson's presidential bid received a boost Friday when the former state chairman for U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo announced his support for Thompson.

Bill Salier parted company with Tancredo of Colorado, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race Thursday and endorsed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

Tancredo's western Iowa director Angie Anderson also announced she was joining Thompson's campaign.

Salier suggested Tancredo's decision was based on political pragmatism and not principle.

"I'm very confused" about Tancredo's decision, Anderson said.

---Bill Theobald, Gannett News Service.