Posted on 11/07/2006 10:19:10 PM PST by NapkinUser
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo won Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, beating Democratic challenger Bill Winter.
Tancredo, a Republican often at odds with his own party and seeking a fifth term , has gained a nationwide reputation as a staunch opponent of the rising influx of illegal immigrants in the country. Tancredo supports dramatically increased border security and a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants.
Winter, a 10-year veteran of the Navy and Marine Corps, championed veterans’ rights and universal health care, and endorsed President Bush’s call for a guest-worker program and economic development in Latin America as a means of stemming the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States.
The 6th District spans parts of Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Park counties. It is home to 498,000 registered voters.
Good for him. Did he face meaningful opposition?
Bill Winter, who had plenty of money and was the darling of the left-wing websites like DU and especially Daily Kos.
And Brian Bilbray is winning. What's your point?
He was one of the most deserving to win. I am glad he did.
Tancredo is an idiot.
He is one of the main reasons the party got divided. He pushed a message of division. Division Of The Party!!!!!
Not to mention he is full of shit. When chances to push votes on amendments and legislation to have real immigration reform....he went to the leadership and asked them to table it.
Calling one of the most conservative members of congress an idiot. You sure you're on the right forum?
That guy scares the hell out of me.
It takes a skunk to win. What good does this guy do even being there?All he did was condem the pres, now he can sit in the minority while the demos court the very people he condemed mainly the hispanic vote. It figures this guy would win all he did was condem his own party to the hills and the pres of his own party. It is good for a rat to join the rats. His issue is doa dead in the water and if he runs for president I won't vote for the first time in my life. Crossed eyed Tom can sit alone. That goes for Mccain too.
only an idiot, or a liberal, thinks illegal immigration is not a real issue.
Oh its an issue alright , but now it is a dead issue who do you think any illegal will vote for.Crossed eyed Tom can sit alone in the congress in a corner and nobody is going to listen.Me a liberal , no way I at least knew that condeming the reps would only bring the demos and more illegals here. Have fun learn Spanish now you will need it.
oh yea... and condemning a republican for not dealing with the issue brought in more illegals?? how'd you establish that logic? and btw, the 'demos' were already here. the 'new' demos were the republicans that switched sides because they didn't like the gop behaving like dems.
as for learning spanish, by not standing up against it, i would assume you along with the rest of the turn-a-blind-eye gop were already signing up for lessons.
That's what I was going to say.
The "Enforcement only wins elections" theory is officially dead for any reasonable person.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Tom Tancredo is conservative kind of like Maxine Waters is liberal.
Neither do their party any good. Matter of fact, they do a lot more to derail their own cause then help it.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
If being 'true to your beliefs' includes bashing the possibility of increased 'legal' immigration, then yes, it's harmful to the conservative cause.
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