"Have you ever gotten to know any Congressmen? I have interacted with a number of them. Some are worthy of a great deal of respect, some are empty suits with smiley faces, some are out right crooks. All have huge egos and dream of higher office."
Its true to some extent of all politicians, but some are good guys. This is why Im in favor of term limits, which is a side topic.
"Tancredo is not one of your brightest house members."
I have no idea about this. Tancredo's influence in the house has increased steadily over the last few years, and he did win re-election with over 60% I think.
"According to Tancredo, Karl Rove told him to never darken the door of the White House again. Only a fool would cross Karl Rove. Too many people respect Karl's opinions."
This is true...there is some bad blood here. I remember when it started but I dont recall exactly why. You will see however, if I may make a prediction, that the political dynamics in the Republican party will get very interesting in the next year. Its much more than Rove vs Tancredo. Watch and see where others such as Delay fall. Note that Hastert backed Sensenbrenner and Hunter in their resistance to the White House on the intelligence bill. Hastert is no revolutionary. Very significant.
"Whatever Tancredo's reason for hooking up with Buchanan, it was definitely a career killer."
This was the heart of my question. You havent answered it...which is no surprise, as there really is no logical answer. Buchannan has no political organization, no politcal pull, no positive name recognition for someone looking for higher office. He really has nothing to offer Tancredo...except good press.
But Tancredo would get that anyway...assuming Pat agrees with his positions on immigration and security, which he does.
BTW, the only notable repub pol I know of who agrees with Pat on Iraq is Ron Paul. Some following.
That's plenty of reasons for Buchanan to want to hook up with Tancredo. (Actually Buchanan wants mailing lists he can get using Tancredo's name)
But why Tancredo allowed Buchanan to co-op him is beyond me. The only thing I can think of is Tancredo wants to take advantage of Buchanan's experience in making money off of vanity campaigns for president. But there ain't no doubt from their own links that the Buchanans are running the Tancredo web organization.