Question for Frepperville - If illegal immigration is such an important issue and Tancredo is a true conservative, then why does he trail poorly against Hillary?
Tancredo has low name recognition. He is well within the second tier of the GOP. A fair poll would put Tancredo against, say, Chris Dodd or Joe Biden.
But you already knew that....
So-called “americans” want Hillary Care.
Real Americans do not, and we are the minority.
Where are those name recognition polls?
OK, found one (from 5 days ago): http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/08/24/name_recognition.html
The majority of Americans are only familiar with Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, Edwards, and McCain.
Unfortunately, he comes a cross as a one-trick pony.
But all one has to do is go to his website and/or review his positions/votes on other issues and you’ll find that Tancredo is a true conservative.
It’s unfortunate that the MSM only talks about the celebrity candidates and it’s unfortunate that the new media tends to play into that realm as well.
Despite his lack of funds. I believe that both Tancredo and Hunter could go along way towards winning the primary if some big national names in the conservative media would have to courage to stand up for true conservative priciples and the candidates that embody them.
Also, if somehow Tanredo did win the nomination he would be instantly thrust into to the limelight and every American would know him. By day two of the campaign the polls would read Clinto 50% Tancredo 50%
Wow. Go figure. Whoda thunk?
Because everyone has heard of Hillary.
Because not everyone out there knows who Tancredo is and some ofthose who do know don’t realize his strength on this issue.
Question for you: Am I misunderstanding when I read inherent doubt about whether immigration even is a big issue?
That would seem to take a far greater leap of faith than those of us who support some of these lesser known candidates. As long as polls are the question dozens of polls seem to indicate very clearly that ILLEGAL immigration is a huge issue for the American voter.
And some of you will claim this is a “good thing” instead of helping him to overcome them!~
Because America is populated by socialists who want a strong federal government, government run healthcare, reduced freedoms for individuals and Islamists taking over the country?
numbers game. making him look bad.
if you notice, W’s ratings are not discussed so much, because Congress’ ratings are even lower.