Thursday, May 10, 2007

Republican hopefuls



Representative Tom Tancredo (CO) - has represented Colorado's 6th district (Southern suburbs of Denver including Littleton and Aurora) since 1999. Tancredo is mostly known for his fight against illegal immigration, and his campaign has essentially been entirely based on that issue. My take: Tancredo is a little too right-wing for my liking. His crusade against illegal immigration has overshadowed any other plans he has as president. I think he is running simply to bring the issue into the national spotlight. However, he failed to call out McCain's and Guliani's views toward immigration. For a firebrand politician, he was too subdued in the debate to attract any attention. Interestingly enough, both sets of his grandparents emigrated from Italy.

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