Tancredo To Decide On Run "Within The Next Couple Of Weeks," Spokesman Says
GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo will decide whether to run for President in the "next couple of weeks," his spokesman tells Election Central. Tancredo is visiting Iowa this weekend to "gauge" the "interest" he can drum up in the state, his spokesman, Carlos Espinosa, says. Espinosa adds that Tancredo expects two things to happen on Monday that will help him make up his mind: He expects Barack Obama to announce his Presidential intentions, and also expects Sen. Wayne Allard to declare whether he's seeking reelection to his seat, which Tancredo has coveted "for some time." According to Espinosa, Tancredo is waiting for those two shoes to drop before setting about making up his mind.















Why is he concerned with Barack Obama's intentions? I don't think Tancredo's planning to run for President as a Democrat. Maybe he thinks he could parlay demonizing Obama as an immigrant into popularity with the far right xenophobic elements of the GOP?
January 12, 2007 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
That is precisely, of course, what Tancredo is thinking. Thr right is already baiting him on his middle name and the Islamic faith of some of his forebears--which he doesn't even share.
By the way, ohiomeister, could to know there is someone else from the Buckeye State on these boards--I'm an (almost) life-long Ohioan myself.
January 12, 2007 6:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brownback, Gingrich, AND Tancredo in the race! The GOP doesn't want to be a party much longer do they?
January 12, 2007 6:46 PM | Reply | Permalink