[sheana]

Tancredo is not a one trick pony. He know, as do most who follow the immigration debate, that illegal immigration affects everything. Schools, healthcare, population, environment, etc. You can just go right down the line of anything that is in supposed dire straights of 'government needs more money'.
Illegal immigration boils down to two things........taxes and laws.
Tom Tancredo knows this but it really should be emphasized more by the anti-illegal people.

[3AngelaD]

That is exactly right and his presence in the race will ensure that the tax-and-spend on immigrants issue gets driven home.

[arnoldpalmerfan]

Grat post sheana!

Rep. Tancredo's conservative credentials:

Recipient of the American Conservative Union's "Best & Brightest" award in 2005 and 2006.

American Conservative Union score of "100" for 2004 and 2005.

American Conservative Union lifetime rating of "99".

Recipient of Family Research Council’s “True Blue Award” in 2004, 2003, 2002 & 2001 for having achieved a 100% voting record on issues of importance to the American family.

Ranked as third most fiscally conservative member of the US House of Representatives for 2005 by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU).

Earned a Taxpayers' Friend Award for 2005 and 2004 from the NTU .

Earned a score of "100" from the National Right to Life Committee for votes cast during the 109th Congress.

Consistently received a score of "100" from the National Right to Life Committee since his arrival in Congress in 1999.

Received the US Chamber of Commerce's "Spirit of Enterprise" award for pro-business support for the first session of the 109th Congress, as well as for the 108th, 107th and 106th Congresses

Awarded a grade of "A" by the National Rifle Association (NRA) for the 2004 and 2006 election cycles.

Praised by Tony Blankley on "The McLaughlin Group" as being the most honest person of 2005 "for saying what the polls indicate about illegal immigrants and soft borders".

[circumbendibus]

...illegal immigration affects everything. Schools, healthcare, population, environment, etc
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Yes! Add income tax revenue lost since many illegals are paid under the table. I think illegal immigration is the biggest crisis facing this country and is the reason for Fred Thompson's surprising leap in the polls out of nowhere.

[Quick or Dead]

Yes, I understand that Tom Tancredo as a full political platform, he's a well-rounded family man and loves puppies. Unfortunately, you should know full well what will happen to Tancredo if he tries to break out of the single-digit pack and starts to threaten the MSM's "selected" Republicans Rudy McRomney. The smear campaign will begin in earnest.

The talking heads at ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN will express "concern" over Tancredo's "nativist" views. The NYT will run regular editorials saying Tancredo is an "extremist, Christian fundamentalist." Leftist activist will denounce Tancredo's "return to isolationism." And for the main course, one of the Left's select political hitmen will declare Tancredo a "racist" because it doesn't really matter whether he is or not, the charge of racism is all about being accused, not about whether it's true.

I'm not one of the people who says Tancredo has no chance, but whatever chance he may have is dependent upon his readiness and ability to fight the political battles that occur at the level of a Presidential election.

[RockinRight]

Tancredo's a good man and pretty conservative on everything.

He's not technically a one trick pony, but he has that image, and it's his own fault, because he talks about nothing else besides immigration. So regardless how well-rounded he is, he hasn't presented himself that way.

[hosepipe]

[.. He knows, as do most who follow the immigration debate, that illegal immigration affects everything. Schools, healthcare, population, environment, etc. ..]

Really... is George Bush a stupid moron or a moron ON PURPOSE.. and complicit in the political rape of our justice system???..