Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo formed his presidential exploratory committee and launched his website — www.TeamTancredo.com — for his ‘08 bid for the GOP nomination.
Tancredo, known for his staunch opposition to illegal immigration, was rumored to be interested in the Senate seat of the retiring Wayne Allard, fulfilling a term-limit pledge.
Instead, the Colorado congressman encouraged another GOP candidate to run, and, today, cited a “void” in the presidential race — alluding to his anti-immigration stance.
Speaking of term limit pledges — Colorado Media Matters writes:
In a May 10, 2001, article (which Colorado Media Matters accessed in the Nexis database) by Sprengelmeyer, the News reported that Tancredo “was a leader in Colorado’s term limits movement before his election in 1998″ and that his “self-imposed term limit ends in 2004.” In a May 2001 interview, Tancredo told the News, “I will live up to the pledge,” the News reported on September 26, 2002.
However, Tancredo broke that pledge, and continued to run for his seat through the 2006 midterm elections.
A Tancredo candidacy for president will likely produce several controversial moments, not unlike his statement that Miami is like a “Third World country.”
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