Outstanding points.
Thats why Tancredo is persona non grata, he doesn't care about the political consequences of his raving.
Troops on the border would only reman in place until the White House and Congress fell back in Democrat hands, which would happen shortly after "President Tancredo" put his plan into action.
Then Mr. Indispensable and his supporters will have a real problem.
He is the GOP equivalent of Pelosi, a politician who cares more about his ideology than his party and the good of the nation.
Tancredo is in step with the vast majority of people. Most people want to tighten the reigns on illiegal immigration. The only sin Tancredo committed was to oppose Bush's "outreach" program clearly designed to alienate the GOP base.
The American people are with Tancredo's views on illegal immigration. It's Bush and Rove who are out of step. Tancredo stands on principle, Bush/Rove stand on -- well, who knows what they stand on.
I'll take Tancredo any day over Dubya.
By the way ... how can lax border security and rewarding lawbreaking illegal immigrants be for "the good of the nation"?