As I said earlier, Tancredo isn't so full of himself to think he would actually get the nomination. He has said he would consider a run for the purpose of trying to inject conservative values into the debate over immigration and border control, which in turn would be for the purpose of holding the eventual nominee accountable on the issue.
Despite the issue at hand with the nuke remarks, all but the pro-open borders crowd shoud be able to appreciate that, because we've seen how horrible Bush is on these issues, and there is no reason to expect McCain to be any better. Maybe someoe else who has a shot at the nomination will take a position that at least resembles conservative values.
To answer your question about whether he would wait if he were President; yes, I do think he would, because he did not suggest preemptively nuking Muslim holy sites.
And lets be honest. The reason Tancredo elicits such passionate responses is because he has dared challenge Bush and the party on immigration. That makes him a hero to some, while others think of him as a traitor for daring to point out how bad Bush is on immigration. They apparently think he is going to scare away voters who in truth would never vote Republican anyway.
That he has supported Bush on just about everything else, including tax cuts, the war on terrorism, Soc Security reform, and judicial picks( though obviously he has no vote on them) apparently carries no weight with those who would tar and feather him for his immigration/borders dissent.
Again;
http://www.acuratings.org/statedelegation.asp?state=co
yeah yeah yeah point to the ACU ratings.
At least Mike Pence isn't certifiable or talking about nuking people...
At least Mike Pence doesn't have the Buchanan's running his PAC.
At least Mike Pence is ELECTABLE. At least Mike Pence wouldnt set conservatism back 40 years.
the guy is a nut. He has shown himself as such.