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Not to mention that many companies that use illegals to do work for them have lots of money that will flow into election coffers.

Yup, the only people who agree with him are 75%-80% of the voting public. Not the most powerful constituency in the country, it's true, but it's been known to have some influence from time to time.

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Yup, the only people who agree with him are 75%-80% of the voting public. Not the most powerful constituency in the country, it's true, but it's been known to have some influence from time to time.

It's rare they have that kind of influence though - that 75%-80% of the voting public may not represent much when it comes to the percentage of contributions.

What he needs is a capable organizations behind him, that can handle a well-organized grass-roots movement. The perfect model would be the NRA.

If you can take those of us Conservatives who are fed up with how things are going, and you can give them one voice, and you can organize how and where their contributions are going, then you'll have something.

Unfortunately though, what you get instead is people like me and you complaining about it on a forum. Even if you magnify it across the country, it's still a bunch of individuals versus the various groups/companies that have professional lobbyists, and that can steer lots of money to wherever they want.

We also have complacency working against us - many in the GOP just vote GOP and that's it - they don't question the candidates - as long as the party says "this is who should be our candidate", they'll go along with it. Tancredo could have incredible support, but if the GOP leadership says they want somebody else, he'll find himself destroyed in the media, to the point where he is not viable (or at least not seen as being viable, which is the same thing).