This IS surprising - I’ve heard that there was a big gap between what the Senate wanted to do on immigration and what the House wanted to do, but I didn’t think it was this wide.
Must be true what they used to say, that the House is more partisan in general, but is far better on mainstream issues.
Tom Tancredo may be a one-trick pony, but that’s some trick he’s got there.
You got that right. I'd say it's a Trick for the Times. Of course, it'll die in the Senate; either that, or the Senate will mark it up to the point where they attach the whole shamnesty bill to it as an amendment.
Still, this is very cool. What would really make me smile is to see this little victory get a whole lot of media coverage. I'm watching you Fox News...
I remember when Mike Savage had him on three or four years ago, and the two of them were seething over immigration. It was on NOBODY'S radar screen then. Boy, is it ever now.
May I suggest you use that last sentence as your tag line.
(”Tom Tancredo may be.....”)
Tom is the only one out there that has all the issues under his belt.
This issue is that every member of the house comes up for reelection in 2008, whereas 2/3 of the senate can duck the voters and rely on amnesia about a political crime they committed 4 years ago, the controversy over which they will count on being so over by then.
Tancredo may be the most vocal on the illegal alien issue, but he's not a one trick pony.
He's a conservative through and through ... voted against Bush's prescription drug give away and the No Child Left Behind. As a former educator appointed by Reagan as a regional representative to the Department of Education, Tancredo wants to abolish the United States School Board established by Jimmah Carter. He understands the threat of Islamofascism - they want to kill us because "it's a dictate of their religion."
He's a pro-life, pro-gun, small government conservative with the record to prove it.
But as Tancredo says, illegal immigration has an impact on nearly every major issue confronting the country today.
Tancredo is not a one trick pony. I heard a speech of his regarding the threat of radical Islam and he didn’t even mention immigration.