[E Rocc]

I'd agree with a lot of your points, except for the idea that Tancredo is anything other than a smarmy demagogue.

Nevertheless, it's still better to work within the GOP than outside it right now. Things are too finely balanced between the GOP and the Dims, and most of the GOP at least respects limited government in principle. The Dims are all about centralized power as a tool for self-perpetuation.

-Eric