This is your fancy way of saying that he puts conservative principles before his party when it comes down to it. What's wrong with that?
Tancredo, came to attention largely through his leadership through Colorado term limits(Remember when that was the subject that would save the Republic). He got in took all these pledges to keep his term limits pledge and then proceeded to break it. Why? Especially since keeping his term limit pledge was a matter was an "overriding issue"
He made that pledge to the people of his own district. Apparently they didn't care that he ran again because they re-elected him. And they will again.
Well according to Tom because there are higher callings and gosh darn it he couldnt leave till he solved this immigration problem. Bawhahahahahaha. Congressman Tancredo how many years does until that Congressional pension vest.
Again, his actual constituents don't seem to mind very much because they elected. him. On the immigration he IS one of the leaders. He is the founder and chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus which enjoys membership of one third of the Republicans in Congress. Those Republicans are some of the most conservative members of Congress and make up two thirds of the 38 congressmen who earned 100% "Best and Brightest" ratings from the American Conservative Union. If he was not a leader on this issue, no one would join his caucus. No one would stay there. The most conservative Republicans in Congress seem to follow his lead on immigration issues. What's your problem?
Tancredo has thrown his hat in with alot of people that have certain agendas behind the scene as to population control and the like. Tancredo is the crazy aunt in the attic that gives Tom Delay ,and the President, and many of us fits.
Is that your way of saying that he's a one issue congressman? Check the conservative ratings I've posted. Not one of the organizations are immigration reform groups. He's earned HIGH ratings from a broad spectrum of conservative groups. What more can you ask for as a conservative than his excellent conservative voting record and leadership? You have to admit that his voting record, as a conservative, is respectable. Right?
A shameless attention headline grabber that whats he is. I saw that on his comments and actions regarding Louisiana. I dont have alot of time for a guy that is spending time creating hell for his Republican Colleagues campaigns or his over the top rhetoric thats getting us nowhere.
His over the top "rhetoric", as you smear it, is called leadership on the important issue of immigration reform and border security. So important is this issue that the President of the United States, just one week ago, gave an unprecedented oval office speech to the nation about it. ALL other speeches he's made from the oval office were about the War on Terror. This issue has become that important. You can than Tom Tancredo, for one, for calling the President's attention to the issue. That's leadership not grandstanding or headline grabbing. And he doesn't give his RINO colleagues hell. He just tells the truth and they think it is hell.