Posted on 03/30/2007 9:09:25 AM PDT by John Jorsett
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, will announce his bid for president on Monday.
Tancredo will kick off campaign with an announcement in Iowa, where political caucuses start whose the presidential nominating season, an official close to the congressman said.
Tancredo has flirted with a presidential bid for more than a year and began raising money for the effort in January. After taking in more than $1 million in two months, he has decided to make his run official, said the official, who asked not to be named ahead of Tancredo's official announcement.
Tancredo's office on Friday morning said that he will make a "major announcement" Monday on a Des Moines, Iowa, radio station.
Tancredo spokesman Carlos Espinosa would say only that Tancredo will announce his intentions and that his decision whether to run for president won't affect whether he will run again for his House seat.
Tancredo, a five-term House member who represents the Denver suburbs, is a leading supporter of securing the nation's Southern border with Mexico and cracking down on illegal immigration. He has used the issue to take on President Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain, a leading contender for the GOP nomination.
Tancredo acknowledges that he is a long shot for president, but he has made no secret that he hopes to rattle McCain's campaign in Iowa by appealing to conservatives on immigration, abortion and other issues.
McCain last year co-sponsored a bill creating a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country now, though he has played a smaller role in the issue this year.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I am supporting Rep. Tancredo for president.
A this early point in this session of Congress, I am not aware of a bill that I am supporting. However, if you ask me about a specific bill, I will be glad to tell you if I support it. Unlike you, I'm not afraid to disclose my position with regard to a specific bill.
I have not read any comments by Rep. Tancredo indicating his support for any specific bill. If you have a question about a specific bill, why don't you call his office and ask whether he supports it.
I am not opposed to legal immigration.
I don't know what number that represents an ideal quota on green cards. If there is a specific bill or bills that address the issue of the quota on green cards, ask me about them and I will tell you my position.
I am not opposed to legal immigration.
I don't know what number that represents an ideal quota on green cards. If there is a specific bill or bills that address the issue of the quota on green cards, ask me about them and I will tell you my position.
Tancredo doesn't really want to be prez. He just wants to raise presidential campaign funds. How much have you sent him?
No.
Question 50 was a question I asked of you. I've answered your questions, yet you are afraid to answer any of mine.
But, but, but, Tancredo says that legal immigrants are just as big of a problem as the illegals, that they are turning Florida into a turd world cesspool.
I've not contributed any money to his presidential campaign fund. I have in the past contributed to his Congressional races.
Why don't you Tancredo bashers leave him alone. He has a right to run in the GOP primaries just as much as liberal RINO Rudy does.
You need to send in some money. He, Pat and Bay need it.
Why are you afraid to say what presidential candidate you are supporting?
Why are you afraid to say whether you supported passage of H.R.4437?
Why are you afraid to say whether you supported passage of S.6211?
Why are you afraid to say whether you support giving illegal aliens legal status and a path to citizenship?
What Republican members of the United States Senate and United State House of Representatives are extremist kooks?
What presidential candidate are you supporting?
What immigration bill in the 110th congress do you support?
IMHO, Tommy Thompson is the most qualified.
But we will just have to wait and see what develops. There is no point in voting for someone that can't win the general.
"Not to mention it might be the single most important trick this country has faced in the last 30 years and one our leaders have failed us miserably on. IMO it is more important than the WOT - even pretending that the border and the WOT are two different things. Which I don't."
The difference is we are enabling the enemy over here.
Extremist kooks are those that focus on cultural issues over fiscal issues.
"Why don't you Tancredo bashers leave him alone. He has a right to run in the GOP primaries just as much as liberal RINO Rudy does"
There are, sadly, many "open borders" Freepers.
I support H.R.1355 and its companion bill in the Senate S.850.
What immigration bill in the 110th Congress do you support?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.