[curiosity]

I don't know why all the anti-immigration people like him so much, Tancredo included.

It's not that we like Jacobs. You're right, he's unsuited for office. It's that we despise Cannon. Taking down one of the most influential opponents of sane immigration policy in Congress would be a huge victory for our cause.

Jacobs, it is true, is a bit nutty. But if elected, he'll be a nobody: a freshman congressman from a backwater district with virtually no influence. He's not going to be in much of a position to do much damage. Electing such a loser to a 2 year term is a small price to pay for taking down a big fish like Cannon.

[JCEccles]

Jacob is just as capable as Cannon ever was. The one important distinction: Jacob will resist shamnesty in all its varieties. He'll be a solid conservative vote across the board on other issues as well.

[AmishDude]

Whether it be the third party losers or the single issue losers, the politics of "taking out" is nothing more than the politics of impotency. One is admitting weakness and not having enough support in the legislature to get one's ideas implemented.

And whether they be third party candidates or single issue candidates, they are cut from the same cloth of kooks and weirdos.

Now, if nobody objects, I will just sit back and listen to the sounds of all the whistling past the graveyard.