Thread: Tom Tancredo announced this morning (Just In)

Dixie wrote:

Hunter or Tancredo! Anything is better than what we've got!

I think that is something we can all agree with!

Originally Posted by Beckyal

Finally a true conservative and anti-open border politician is running for President. He has America's support!!!!

There will be no candidate running for President of the United States that is more conservtive than Rep. Tancredo.

American Conservative Union Ratings:

Tancredo - lifetime - 99, 2005 - 100, and 2004 - 100
Hunter - lifetime - 92, 2005 - 92, and 2004 - 87
Paul - liftetime 83, 2005 - 76, and 2004 - 78

Don't get me wrong, I am a strong supporter of Tancredo and have been a member of TeamAmerica longer than ALIPAC. I would definitely vote for him if he got the Republican nod, but my concern is the same as MW. Is he really electable?

Originally Posted by anniealone

Don't get me wrong, I am a strong supporter of Tancredo and have been a member of TeamAmerica longer than ALIPAC. I would definitely vote for him if he got the Republican nod, but my concern is the same as MW. Is he really electable?

What concerns do you have?

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53791

ELECTION 2008
Tancredo prepares
White House bid
Immigration reformer announces exploratory campaign committee

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Posted: January 16, 2007
11:21 a.m. Eastern



© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com


Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.

Regarded by many as the leading opponent of illegal immigration in Congress, Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado announced today he's taking a step toward a presidential run with the launch of an exploratory campaign committee.

"I'm going to do so because I believe there is a void in the present panoply of people seeking that office," Tancredo said this morning on the Fox News Channel program "Fox and Friends."

Tancredo made the decision after a weekend visit to Iowa to promote his book – "In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security," by WND Books – and take the pulse of voters in the state that serves as the first test for White House hopefuls.

The congressman said yesterday he's fully aware he would be in an uphill battle against leading candidates such as Sen. John McCain, of Arizona, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

"It's delusional to suggest that this would not be anything but a David and Goliath situation, but after all, David won," Tancredo told the Des Moines Register in an interview published yesterday. "Things like this happen in politics, but no matter what happens, it will force America to focus on these issues."

Tancredo spokesman Carlos Espinosa insists there's room in the crowded Republican field for a staunch conservative.

"The repeated message from everyone is there's still a void out there," Espinosa told the Rocky Mountain News. "There's no candidate out there who fits the bill. They don't believe there's a true conservative in the race yet.

"That's the message he's getting."

Tancredo, who has launched a new website, TeamTancredo.org, says he'll highlight other issues beyond immigration, such as energy policy, in a campaign he describes as "the common sense express."

Joking, he told the Denver paper he wanted people to say, "Yeah, right on, darn right. That guy's darn right."

Espinosa emphasized Tancredo will not officially decide whether to enter the race for several months.

As WND reported last month, Tancredo engaged in a war of words with Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush over earlier comments to WND that Miami has become a "Third World country" because of uncontrolled immigration..

Last June, Fox News host Neil Cavuto said. leading into an interview with Tancredo, that "illegals coming into America are sure to be front and center in the next presidential election here and Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo certainly knows it. He owns this issue. And straw polls show that, if he were to run for president, he just might well be president."

Cavuto asked Tancredo: "Over the months I have talked to you, as this immigration issue has heated up, your poll numbers have moved up. Will you run for president?"

The congressman responded: "Neil, I will run for president if I cannot get ... any of the serious candidates to really take this on. My purpose is to make immigration the focal point of any national debate on a presidential election."

Tancredo added: "Your responsibility as a candidate for president is to do every single thing you can to tell the people what you believe to be the greatest threats to the nation and how you would deal with them. And then, you know what? If they buy it, OK, you're elected. If they don't, you have done your best."

The previous night on the Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" show, Tancredo spelled out his view of the border issue: "Mexico is aiding and abetting an invasion of this country. They are part of the problem. In fact, they are creating situations along that border, using their own military, to protect drug trafficking into the United States, pushing their own people into the United States for a variety of reasons. It is an invasion."

In his book, Tancredo says America is following in the tragic footsteps of Rome, and without strong, moral leadership; a renewed sense of purpose; a rededication to family and community; protecting borders, language and culture; the nation that once was "the land of the free and home of the brave" and the "one last best hope of mankind" will repeat the catastrophic mistakes of the past.

Originally Posted by Neese

Originally Posted by anniealone

Don't get me wrong, I am a strong supporter of Tancredo and have been a member of TeamAmerica longer than ALIPAC. I would definitely vote for him if he got the Republican nod, but my concern is the same as MW. Is he really electable?

What concerns do you have?

Like I said, I agree with MW that the votes will be split if both he and Hunter run. There is more to it than that though. But if I get into it, I will sound like a whacky conspiracy theorist and I just don't want to go there in this forum.

Believe me, I will support him. I am a strict conservative, but the illegal immigration issue is most important to me, and he has a proven record in the fight.

There is more to it than that though. But if I get into it, I will sound like a whacky conspiracy theorist and I just don't want to go there in this forum.

We're all whacky in one way or the other...we can take it.

What some have said makes a lot of sense.
I hate to see two great guys that support our issues competing for the same votes.
Let McCain, Guiliani, Brownback et al compete for the RINO vote, we'll have one fantastic conservative in the primary and come out on top.

Well I sent a contribution moments ago to the Tancredo 2008 exploratory committee. Hope it helps.

he shouldnt even bother with Florida, just ignore them and focus on the rest.