Tancredo to abandon White House bid

[madinmaryland]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Tom Tancredo is set to abandon his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday afternoon, a source close to the Colorado Republican tells CNN.

The announcement is expected to come at a 3 p.m. ET press conference in Iowa.

Tancredo is a fierce proponent of stricter illegal immigration laws, but his campaign struggled to gain traction with the Republican base. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll out Wednesday night showed the congressman registered less than 1 percent support nationally, and a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll in Iowa Thursday put Tancredo at only 3 percent.

Earlier this week, Iowa Rep. Steve King, a friend of Tancredo's who shares his tough stance on immigration, announced he was backing former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson instead.


Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/20/tancredo-to-abandon-white-house-bid/

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One more whack-a-doodle drops out...

[MADem]

1. I heard this news this morning. Cue the strains of "Exodus!" nt

[jgraz]

2. Nice to see Steve King is going with a winner

:crazy:

[Happyhippychick]

3. Who?

[TwilightGardener]

4. Nah nah nah nah...nah nah nah nah...hey hey hey...

GOODBYE!!!! We'll miss you, "Taco" Tancredo...

[El Supremo]

5. I wish he wouldn't!

He's missed so many votes that he has helped the Democrats. Can't he keep campaigning through more of this congressional session?

[Demeter]

6. Reality Check, Please, Waiter!

"Would you like a doggie bag for your leftovers, sir?"

[Charlie Brown]

7. This could give Huckabee a boost

as I can't imagine the ingrates who support Tancredo throwing in with Giuliani or Romney.

[Doctor_J]

8. Oh No. Who's going to get his .002% of the vote?

[BestCenter]

9. He's endorsed Romney

FR is going insane, calling him a traitor. This is hilarious. Pretty soon, they won't find anyone they consider to be truly conservative anymore, Hunter and Fred excepted.

[brooklynite]

10. Didn't see THAT endoresment coming...

[bullwinkle428]

11. Romney's reply -

MUAH-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Then again, I suppose we'll start seeing the same thing around here once candidates start dropping out and endorsing other candidates their original supporters have been trashing for months...

[pleah]

12. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

[martymar64]

13. I'm sure Lou Dobbs is crying his little eyes out!

:hurts:

[DainBramaged]

14. Couldn't happen to a nicer douche bag.

He worked hard for the money.

[eppur_se_muova]

15. A dark day for comedy. Oh, the parodies that might have been! nt

[madinmaryland]

16. On an off-subject, in the late 70's I saw Maynard Ferguson a couple of times!

OMFG! The guy was awesome! As a high school trumpet player, he was the god of trumpet players!

[eppur_se_muova]

17. The closest thing to a genuine superhero -- with awesome, godlike powers.

I only got to see him once -- he played a *high school* in Morgantown, WVa, apparently because he knew the band director from way back!

[madinmaryland]

18. Wow! My band director said he knew Maynard also!

Or so he said!

[Endangered Specie]

19. Wasn't this the 'bomb Mecca' guy?

[Infinite Hope]

20. Now that he's inflated his ego and his congressional campaign coffers. n/t

[TankLV]

21. But what are we to do about "The GAYS!"

Oh, no!

Couldn't happen to a "nicer" bigoted hateful ignorant idiot...

[DemEyeDick]

22. Tom Tancredo is/was...

A one trick pony. He is a racist and a bigot. Good riddance to him.