Posted under Constitution Party & Election 2010 & Immigration & Republican Party
Independent Political Report has the story.
I would love your comments here, but I would also ask that if you are supportive of this make a comment at IPR as well. The website is for all third party and independent news, but it seems to be primarily frequented by libertarians and there is a strong PC element there so I am sure they will be out in force calling Tancrado a xenophobe and otherwise PC grandstanding as is their MO.
Also, some background. The two Republican candidates have both been hit with scandals and appear to be seriously damaged goods. McInnis was hit with a plagiarism scandal and Maes was hit with a campaign finance disclosure problem and may have been over reimbursing himself for mileage. Tancredo asked them to step down, but both refused. Absent the scandal I don’t think Tom would have necessarily made the move to the CP.
Bede on 26 Jul 2010 at 6:46 pm #
Go Tom!!!!
Sean Scallon on 26 Jul 2010 at 9:00 pm #
If someone asks why the Constitution Party exists, here’s the reason.
Captainchaos on 27 Jul 2010 at 2:50 am #
I don’t believe for a second that Tancredo can realistically be elected at this time running as a third-party candidate and with what will presumably be his standard focus on immigration. But, if he will use his candidacy as a platform to relentlessly browbeat his opponents on their insufficient fervor in stemming the tide of Third World immigration – both legal and illegal – this could be a big coup in radicalizing public discourse, and thereby public consciousness, as relates to immigration.