The Occasional Observer

Rep. Tom Tancredo, who as Cramer would say is "best of breed" on immigration policy, has entered the ring as an '08 Presidential contender. As I had privately noted to some of you, Rep. Tom has the "crazy eyes" that just make people think "Wingnut!"

I say this with all due respect, b/c on the issues, Tom's probably the 2nd or 3rd best man out there out of those (10,000 or so) that have announced they are running. Only Hunter and Gingrich are as solid on issues.

Tom probably does Duncan Hunter a favor, b/c now he'll probably get teamed up with Kucinich in the MSM as fringe congressman candidates, instead of Hunter. Tancredo will have his backers, and rightly so. He'll hold candidates feet to the fire on immigration (both illegal and legal--unlike the others who focus just on illegal), and prevent Rudy and McCain's pro-amnesty positions from going unchallenged.

That said, Tancredo does not, IMIO (intox), have a sliver of a prayer of a snowball's chance in hell of winning. I guess the Big Guns (BGs) of the conservative blogosphere, the editors at RedState, agree with me based on this post on RedHot:

Great. Now all we need is David Duke, George Pataki, Newt Gingrich, Gallagher, a ringmaster, a car for all the candidates to squeeze into, and a group of deranged midgets with clubs and rusty daggers, and we'll be all set.