cronincal

what took you so long, tommy?

Tom Tancredo to Drop Out of Presidential Race
by FOXNews.com
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo plans to drop out of the race during an announcement Thursday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, GOP sources close to the campaign have told FOX News.

Tancredo, who has aggressively pushed his anti-illegal immigration message throughout the GOP primary race, has not been able to break through in the polls against his better known competitors. He and California Rep. Duncan Hunter typically poll in the single digits behind Texas Rep. Ron Paul in national surveys.

Tancredo would not personally confirm whether he will pull out of the race.
“I will neither confirm nor deny that report,” Tancredo told FOX News. But he added, “I wouldn’t have a press conference if I didn’t have anything to say.”

The five-term Colorado representative already announced in late October that he would not seek reelection to the House of Representatives in 2008. He said at the time that his core issue of illegal immigration has been elevated to national prominence and that he doesn’t need to remain in Congress to promote it.

Tancredo aired a startling ad a month ago tying illegal immigration to terrorism. The ad showed a man in a hooded sweatshirt and backpack walking into a crowded shopping mall, with the sound of an explosion ringing out after the screen goes dark. The ad then showed bloody pictures of victims of terrorist acts in Europe, while the narrator said: “The price we pay for spineless politicians who refuse to defend our borders against those who come to kill.”

Tancredo focused on the issue at the Republican presidential debate a week ago in Iowa, saying immigration without assimilation is a “catastrophe.”

He also refused to participate in a Spanish-language debate on Univision in early December. He told FOX News he did not want to encourage immigrants in America to speak Spanish as their primary language.

FOX News’ Carl Cameron and Chad Pergram contributed to this report.

The_Heretic

Man, I thought he dropped out already!

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Richterscale

This begs the question. Who do the hardcore racists turn to now that their hero has dropped out?

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poetrychic

ron paul

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The Ron Paul Tea Party thread on page two of this General Political Discussion forum features Ron Paul supporters pointedly not rejecting my understanding that the Ku Klux Klan has come out of its usually more sideline position in order to directly, but discreetly, support Ron Paul.

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cronincal

and he's endorsing romney.

Tancredo drops White House bid.

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) “abandoned his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday afternoon.” One of the congressman’s most recent presidential ads claimed that immigrants coming into the United States are “pushing drugs, raping kids, and destroying lives.”
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chambers92

chambers92

And thankfully he's also not seeking reelection to the House of Representatives in 2008.

CosmicRocker

Tom Who??

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cronincal

i'm sure he'll go lobbyist. too bad there will be many fewer republicans in washington for him to lobby after the next election.