Tom Tancredo | The New York Observer

Adios, Tommy!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:08:24 -0500

The final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses was held last Wednesday. Tomorrow in Des Moines, Tom Tancredo is expected to drop out of the race.

The timing is no coincidene. Tancredo, a Colorado Congressman, used his status as a presidential candidate to secure invitations to every televised debate this year (there were about 47, I think) and to all sorts of high-profile G.O.P. events. But he raised little money and struggled to break the...

Next Up for the 2008 Republicans ...

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:22:32 -0400

Sam Brownback quit the Republican presidential race on Thursday, prompting a wave of speculation—perhaps the best press he earned all year?—about which of his foes he might throw his support to.

But that guessing game assumes that Mr. Brownback, who in polls was statistically indistinguishable from Duncan Hunter, had any meaningful support in the first place. Chances are his endorsement, if he ultimately offers one, will carry about as much weight as Al Haig’s...

In First G.O.P. Debate, Thompson Blows It

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:00:11 -0400

At the tail end of this afternoon’s Republican presidential debate, CNBC’s Maria “The Money Honey” Bartiromo asked Fred Thompson how his first appearance on-stage with the rest of the G.O.P. field had gone.

“I’ve enjoyed watching these fellas,” he finally managed, after stumbling for something sufficiently light-hearted to sat, “But I gotta admit: it was starting to get a little boring without me.”

Actually, Fred, it was much, much worse with you.

It almost feels like piling...

Tancredo's Invitation to New York

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:38:10 -0400

Republican Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo was a bit of an unwelcome guest at a hearing here organized by members of his own party.

Earlier this week, Assembly Republicans held a hearing on Eliot Spitzer’s driver’s license plan, which they say rewards illegal immigrants with the chance to obtain a state driver‘s license. Tancredo has been running a presidential campaign based on hostility to illegal immigration.

According to a story in...

A Day of Reckoning for Republican Minnows

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:32:16 -0400

Thank God for the Ames Republican Presidential Straw Poll. It’s probably not the healthiest expression of democracy – the right to vote costs 25 bucks, with campaigns typically gobbling up chunks of tickets and handing them out to participants who might not be anywhere near Iowa come next January’s caucuses – but it sure gets the job done. After the last competitive straw poll, in the summer of 1999, three candidates were forced from...

"They Could Be Winners"

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:26:07 -0400

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Rudy's Abortion Issue

Tue, 08 May 2007 12:08:45 -0400

Since Rudy Giuliani gave his especially malleable answer to a question about whether Roe v Wade should be overturned during the Republican debate, conservatives have been increasingly scrutinizing the former mayor's abortion position. Now one of the candidate's in the Republican primary has explicitly said Giuliani's stance should prevent him from winning the nomination.

The campaign of Tom Tancredo, one of the staunch conservative presidential candidates running on the periphery of the...

Tamperproof ID Cards? Bush Must Be Dreaming

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:00:00 -0400

When the President gave his little immigration speech, he wanted his listeners to be clear on one point: Americans speak English, and if you don’t speak English, you aren’t an American. “I believe that illegal immigrants who have roots in our country and want to stay should … learn English,” he said and then, in case you didn’t get it: “Americans are bound together by our shared ideals, an appreciation of our history, respect...