NPR: Report: Tancredo Will Drop Presidential Bid

Report: Tancredo Will Drop Presidential Bid

Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, whose opinions on immigration — both legal and illegal -— have given him a national audience, will announce today that he is dropping his bid for his party's presidential nomination.

The Associated Press reports that a person close to the Tancredo campaign said that the congressman will make the announcement at a press conference in Des Moines. For their part, campaign officials would only say that Tancredo will make a "major announcement" on Thursday.

Tancredo has not shied away from controversy since announcing his candidacy, He ran a controversial ad that showed a terrorist attack in an american shopping mall. He said in the ad that such an attack was possible in the U.S. as the result of open borders that let 'jihadists' into the country. He has also taken credit for some of the political woes that Sen. John McCain suffered during the summer and in states like Iowa, attacking the Arizona senator for his support of President Bush's failed immigration bill. (McCain's has enjoyed a resurgence recently with several key endorsements in Iowa and New Hampshire.)

Tancredo has said that he will not seek a sixth term in Congress, but that he might try for the open Senate seat in Colorado that will be available next election due to the retirement of Sen. Wayne Allard.

Update: Tancredo has withdrawn from the race for the Republican nomination for president, and endorsed Mitt Romney.

9:02 AM ET | 12-20-2007 | permalink

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Romney/McCain, Romney/McCain, Romney/McCain, Romney/McCain,

Sent by Harold | 5:18 PM ET | 12-20-2007

Another fear monger bites the dust. That calls for a drink.

Sent by John R. Otten | 2:45 PM ET | 12-30-2007

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