tomder55
Dec 21, 2007, 06:52 AM
Rep. Trancedo dropped out of the Presidential race yesterday . He is best known in this race for advancing a strong border enforcement position. As the Atlantic Monthly said :
Before Tancredo, the GOP presidential candidates didn't take the anti-immigration sentiment they heard on talk radio all that seriously. Marc Ambinder (December 20, 2007) - On Tom Tancredo (http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/12/on_tom_tancredo.php)
But ;that seemed to be the only cause he was strongly identified with and it became pretty clear that he would not advance beyond a 2nd Tier candidacy.
What I found surprising is that he threw his support to Mitt Romney ;a rather recent convert to the border security ranks . He claims the issue boled down to electability .But the Atlantic also gives a hint to another possible reason Trancedo gave Romney the nod.
Will he endorse? Unclear. If he does, the betting is on Thompson or Romney, although advisers to both men expect the other to get it, if it's gettable. Note that Bay Buchanan is a member of the LDS church and is said to be pushing Tancredo to endorse Romney as a way of repudiating Huckabee, somehow.
Bay Buchanan is the sister of Pat Buchanan and has been Trancedo's senior adviser.To my knowledge she shares both her brother's ,and Trancedo's strong views about border security .
Do you think that she would push hard for Trancedo to throw his support to Romney simply because of their shared LDS affiliation ? It doesn't make sense to me that religion would trump the single issue that has become Trancedo's trade mark .
Before Tancredo, the GOP presidential candidates didn't take the anti-immigration sentiment they heard on talk radio all that seriously. Marc Ambinder (December 20, 2007) - On Tom Tancredo (http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/12/on_tom_tancredo.php)
But ;that seemed to be the only cause he was strongly identified with and it became pretty clear that he would not advance beyond a 2nd Tier candidacy.
What I found surprising is that he threw his support to Mitt Romney ;a rather recent convert to the border security ranks . He claims the issue boled down to electability .But the Atlantic also gives a hint to another possible reason Trancedo gave Romney the nod.
Will he endorse? Unclear. If he does, the betting is on Thompson or Romney, although advisers to both men expect the other to get it, if it's gettable. Note that Bay Buchanan is a member of the LDS church and is said to be pushing Tancredo to endorse Romney as a way of repudiating Huckabee, somehow.
Bay Buchanan is the sister of Pat Buchanan and has been Trancedo's senior adviser.To my knowledge she shares both her brother's ,and Trancedo's strong views about border security .
Do you think that she would push hard for Trancedo to throw his support to Romney simply because of their shared LDS affiliation ? It doesn't make sense to me that religion would trump the single issue that has become Trancedo's trade mark .