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Tancredo Drops White House Bid, Endorses Romney
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ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: Colorado Congressman and anti-illegal immigration crusader Tom Tancredo ended his bid for the GOP presidential nomination at a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa Thursday, after months of low poll numbers.
At the press conference, Tancredo said he would throw his support behind former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
Tancredo had often attacked Romney on the campaign trail for being soft on amnesty. But Romney had toughened his position in recent months.
Tancredo's campaign sent supporters an e-mail message, in which the Congressman says he feels he successfully represented anti-illegal immigration sentiments and left his mark on the race -- pointing out that even Hillary Clinton was put "through hoops."
Tancredo said he chose to drop out now to make sure the most viable Republican wins the race.
"The presidential campaign has come down to less than a handful of viable candidates. Unfortunately several of them have abysmal records on immigration and can't be trusted to do what is needed to preserve this country if they're elected," Tancredo's message said.
"My fear is that if I were to stay in this race my votes could be the factor in handing victory to a pro-amnesty politician. Friends, we have done too much, come too far and the stakes are too high to play that hand. And so I am ending my presidential campaign," he added.
At the same time, he did not mention Romney in the message to supporters.
December 20, 2007 in McCain, John, Palin, Sarah, Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (25)
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My guess is Tancredo never spent much time in MA, because we've got about as many illegal aliens in this state as snow on the ground!!!! There are over 200,000 illegal brazilians alone in MA. Romney will be lucky to win his own state! Most people in MA are very aware of his "look good", "say little" and "do nothing" approach to politics. We are the only state in the nation that allows gay marriage and the ground work for that was developed under the Romney administration. He's a second generation, career, lying politician, saying he SAW his father marching with Martin Luther King. That's a great way to go after the minority vote.. IF IT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!! When he was caught in that lie, his response was Clintonian.. "well... depends on the definition of "saw". I appreciate Tancredo for his stance on illegal immigration and making it a hot topic on the campaign trail, but his choice of endorsements proves that he lacked the good judgement required to be president.
Posted by: Uniblogger | Dec 21, 2007 8:44:42 AM
So now it turns out that Tancredo is just another Republican fraud. His only issue has been illegal immigration so if he wasn`t a fraud he would support Duncan Hunter, not the guy enabling illegal immigrants by hiring them to mow his lawn. Whatever. Those of us sincere in stopping Mitt`s plan for a path to citizenship for the illegals are not fooled and will continue the fight.
Posted by: Luke | Dec 21, 2007 9:59:46 AM
The next president of the United States will be...courtesy of Presidental Directive 51...G. W. Bush. He'll use the upcoming economic collapse to invoke it. So relax about all this candidate stuff, there won't even be an election.
Posted by: Dave | Dec 21, 2007 11:34:04 AM
Hey Tom, now that you aren't busy, call me, I think you're smokin!!!!
Posted by: all man no sissy here | Dec 21, 2007 11:44:46 AM
Why would Tancredo support someone who has a similar immigration policy, like Hunter? It makes more sense, if your planning on running for a Senate seat, to cast you support for someone that can help you later on, someone who is leading in the polls and has MONEY.
It's politics, SOS - Same Old ####.
Now, if your tired of flip-flopping politicians and others who can't be trusted, take a look at Ron Paul's 20 year track record of integrity, never voted to raise taxes, never voted to increase his congressional pay, never voted for an unbalanced budget, a veteran, and the champion of the Constitution. A true patriot, just what this country needs.
Posted by: Greg | Dec 21, 2007 1:48:07 PM
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