Below The Beltway

As expected, Tom Tancredo dropped out of the Presidential race today and threw his support to Mitt Romney:
DES MOINES — After claiming credit for pushing the issue of illegal immigration to the forefront, Tom Tancredo dropped out of the race and threw his support to Mitt Romney here today.
While noting that he doesn’t completely share [...]

Fox News is reporting that Tom Tancredo will drop out of the Republican Presidential race in a speech later today in Iowa:
Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo plans to drop out of the race during an announcement Thursday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, GOP sources close to the campaign have told FOX News.
Tancredo, who has aggressively [...]

This afternoon, the Republican candidates for President, including the quixotic and slightly odd Alan Keyes, met in Des Moines Iowa for their final debate before the January 3rd Iowa Caucuses.
To say that this debate was anti-climactic is an understatement. The moderator, Carolyn Washburn, is the editor of the Des Moines Register and, quite honestly, it’s [...]

Well, that was a complete and total waste of about two hours of my life.
Tonight, the Republican candidates for President (not including Alan Keyes, who’s campaign has somehow gotten my email address and decided to bombard me with daily updates) gathered in Florida for their version of 2008’s latest fad……..a bunch of inane debate questions [...]

It may well be the most cynical campaign ad since LBJ’s Daisy commercial back in 1964, and Tom Tancredo is trying to put it on television in Iowa:

Despicable, sensationalistic, and stupid. If Tancredo thinks this is going to get him out the cellar, he’s kidding himself.
And for those of you who don’t remember the Daisy [...]

A 7 minute montage of Ron Paul’s answers at yesterday’s debate:

I was able to watch the entire debate live yesterday, which was actually a first to me. On the whole, I wasn’t all that impressed with anyone. For one thing, CNBC/MSNBC billed the debate as one that would focus solely on the economy and yet, [...]

Considering both the amount of money he spent, and the fact that two of his top competitors weren’t actively participating, it should come as no surprise that Mitt Romney basically cleaned up in the Ames straw poll yesterday:
AMES, Iowa, Aug. 11 — With a convincing victory in the Republican straw poll here Saturday, former Massachusetts [...]

Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, who has built a reputation around his string positions on illegal immigration is apparently considering running for the White House in 2008:
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), one of Congress’s most outspoken opponents of illegal immigration and guest-worker programs, said yesterday that he will take the first step toward a 2008 presidential bid.
Tancredo [...]