Posted on 03/26/2007 9:18:15 PM PDT by Valin
CNN commentator Bay Buchanan said Monday she will temporarily oversee the presidential campaign of Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo and has resigned from the cable network. Buchanan said she will function as campaign manager until someone is appointed to that job.
Tancredo said last week he had not yet formally decided whether to run. "I'm certainly encouraging it," Buchanan said. She said she expects Tancredo to formally announce his plans in the next week or so.
Tancredo, an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, has described himself as an alternative for GOP voters unhappy with other Republicans. He has staked out conservative positions on social issues, opposing abortion rights, gay marriage and federal financing of embryonic stem cell research.
Tancredo has conceded he is an underdog, but Buchanan said his campaign was a serious bid for the presidency and not merely an attempt to force the hands of better-known GOP candidates on immigration. "I believe Tom Tancredo can beat the top three and that's what our campaign plan is," Buchanan said, citing Arizona Sen. John McCain, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Buchanan managed the three presidential campaigns of her brother, conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan, in 1992, 1996 and 2000. She is chairwoman of Team America, a political action group Tancredo founded to advocate for tougher border security. A CNN spokeswoman did not immediately return a telephone call for comment.
I think Tom means well, but I won't be supporting him the primaries.
Well that's the end of Tom then. Bay is good and always on point but she does grate after a while.
Maybe the issue (and border) can be won yet still.
Bay Buchanon is on CNN? Is she supposed to be the "high profile conservative" on that network now that Novak is gone?
I worked for Bay in the late 1980s and she was a very energetic go-getter and one of the smartest women I have ever met. I have much respect and admiration for Bay.
I like Bay but she brings along all her brothers baggage.
I gave him a small donation a few weeks ago, but no more.
I usually don't pay much attention to endorsements, but some are the kiss of death.
I hope Fred Thompson gets moving on actually running.
Hunter?
Certainly none of the Prestitute's Big Three.
Kiss of Death. Sorry, Tom.
Did he ever have a chance?
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