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Tancredo to make "major announcement" Thursday on GOP bid (dropping out?)
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ^
| December 19, 2007
Posted on 12/19/2007 11:34:15 AM PST by xjcsa
DENVER(AP) --- Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo says he will make a "major announcement" Thursday about his long-shot campaign but did not say what it would be.
Tancredo, a congressman representing the southern Denver suburbs, scheduled a news conference in Des Moines.
Tancredo has consistently polled at the back of the seven-person GOP field. He has based his campaign on opposition to illegal immigration, running television ads that link lax border security to terrorist attacks, rape and other crimes.
has based his campaign on opposition to illegal immigration, running television ads that link lax border security to terrorist attacks, rape and other crimes.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2008; duncanhunter; fredthompson; gop; iowa; tancredo
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To: TracyTucson; All
41
posted on
12/19/2007 11:51:21 AM PST
by
ejonesie22
(In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
To: Owen
Problem is that the leaders are open border guys, especially Huck. Maybe he sees the writing on the wall and wants to stop the Huck surge. Tanc is a patriot if nothing else and perhaps he thinks Fred has the best chance to win. He polls around 3 percent whereas Hunter polls around 1 percent. I think he’s backing Fred to stop Huck, McCain and Mitt, or at least do his part.
42
posted on
12/19/2007 11:51:31 AM PST
by
normy
(Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
To: TracyTucson
I don’t agree with anything you said in your post, but I love your tagline.
43
posted on
12/19/2007 11:51:39 AM PST
by
xjcsa
(Defenseless enemies are fun.)
To: bcsco
Fred has never been consistently tough on immigration. there’s the rub, and Tancredo knows it.
44
posted on
12/19/2007 11:51:51 AM PST
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
To: wilco200
Well, as I noted, we’ll know tomorrow. Heck, he may not endorse anyone (if this is indeed about ending his candidacy).
45
posted on
12/19/2007 11:52:40 AM PST
by
bcsco
("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
To: perfect_rovian_storm
It makes no sense to drop out as a 1-percenter and endorse another 1-percenter or even a half-percenter.
Tancredo is a good man and would have made a great President, but he couldnt get any traction. Now, endorse the best conservative with a chance. Endorse Thompson!!
46
posted on
12/19/2007 11:53:33 AM PST
by
Tatze
(I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
To: pissant; perfect_rovian_storm
PRS!
Are you pulling for Mitt now?
Pissant seems to think so!
47
posted on
12/19/2007 11:53:47 AM PST
by
ejonesie22
(In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
To: xjcsa
I’d say thats probably it.
48
posted on
12/19/2007 11:54:11 AM PST
by
Badeye
(No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
To: xjcsa
He's dropping out to take the lead in a remake of "The Ropers."
49
posted on
12/19/2007 11:55:11 AM PST
by
VirginiaConstitutionalist
(The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of the Individual against the State.)
To: bcsco
I suspect Thompson. Then again the drones even here on FR will gloss over it saying he will drag down Fred as he is a nobody. Watch and see. Let me predict who the Freepers will be, JJCess, Crawford Creek, Pal o’Dem2. Mark my words.
To: bcsco
To endorse someone who hasn’t shown any better polling than he has would be a waste. I just don’t see Tancredo throwing all he’s fought for into the wind.
You’d think if he is going to endorse and make the annoucement in Iowa rather than his home state then it would have to be one of the top contenders in Iowa and not someone with no chance of winning.... In that senario it would have to be Huckabee, Romney or Thompson and Thompson has a very slim chance of being the outright winner. Makes one wonder what Tancredo’s intentions are.....
51
posted on
12/19/2007 11:56:34 AM PST
by
deport
(---14 days Iowa Caucuses--- 19 days New Hampshire vote s--- [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
To: VirginiaConstitutionalist
Tancredo’s close friend, Rep. Steve King, passed over his colleague and threw his support behind Fred Thompson this week. King and Tancredo have worked closely on immigration and many in Iowa thought King would not endorse as long as Tancredo was in the race.link
52
posted on
12/19/2007 11:56:49 AM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(victim victim Mitt victim victim Romneyvictim victim victim so persecuted, poor me!)
To: xjcsa
http://teamtancredo.org/news.php?newsid=214
My guess is that he has accomplished what he intended, to bring attention the illegal immigration issue.
And now he wants to get out the way and throw his support to a candidate that has a shot at it.
It’s getting interesting..
53
posted on
12/19/2007 11:57:01 AM PST
by
HereInTheHeartland
("We have to drain the swamp" George Bush, September 2001)
To: pissant
Fred has never been consistently tough on immigration. there’s the rub, and Tancredo knows it.Oh, come on. He's been fine on the issue. No complaints on my part and you know I'm tough on that issue.
And this isn't a class exam where we're counting the points. IF Tancredo bows out, and IF he endorses someone, it will be as much a decision about who he believes has the right agenda and thinks like him, as it will be about one who's perfect (but maybe not viable).
54
posted on
12/19/2007 11:57:30 AM PST
by
bcsco
("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
To: xjcsa
If he doesn't drop out and endorse Hunter, I'll lose a lot of respect for him. Hunter is the closest to him ideologically, but without Tanc's personal baggage.
Really, he should never have gotten into the race to begin with.
55
posted on
12/19/2007 11:57:57 AM PST
by
Antoninus
(Republicans who support Rudy owe Bill Clinton an apology.)
To: sure_fine
To: VirginiaConstitutionalist
He's dropping out to take the lead in a remake of "The Ropers."
57
posted on
12/19/2007 11:58:49 AM PST
by
Tatze
(I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
To: bcsco
Amen....Thompson/Hunter 2008
58
posted on
12/19/2007 11:59:10 AM PST
by
captnorb
To: bcsco
We shall see. Whoever gets it will welcome it. But then again, he may suprise us and stay in the race.
59
posted on
12/19/2007 11:59:20 AM PST
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
To: Blue Highway
Then again the drones even here on FR will gloss over it saying he will drag down Fred as he is a nobody.There's always gonna be nay sayers. Who cares? Tancredo will do what he's gonna do and we'll go on from there.
60
posted on
12/19/2007 12:00:50 PM PST
by
bcsco
("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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