Presidential Scouting Reports

[LS]

by reason magazine.

the candidate's vitals, pros, cons and the bottom line:

reason.com/news/show/119723.html

[bergsteiger]

Tom Tancredo


Vitals: The grandson of Italian immigrants, Tancredo was elected in 1976 to the Colorado House of Representatives, where he slashed taxes and made many enemies before leaving in 1981 to make deep cuts at a branch of the state Education Department. He worked at the libertarian-leaning Independence Institute before making a 1998 comeback, winning a U.S. House seat in Colorado’s suburban 6th District.

Pros: Before he dug his teeth into the illegal immigration issue, not much would have separated Tancredo from the libertarian mainstream or the Goldwater wing of the GOP. He’s a dedicated tax cutter and government shrinker; in the state legislature he and his allies were dubbed “the Crazies” for wanting to kill the state income tax. In 2006 he allied with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) on a bill to stop the Justice Department from raiding medical marijuana patients. Karl Rove called Tancredo “a traitor to the party,” which to everyone but Rove sounds like a compliment.


Cons: But Rove said that because of Tancredo’s views on immigration. Tancredo is the leading opponent of open borders in either house of Congress, founding the Immigration Reform Caucus in 1999. He opposes legal immigration too; in 2003 he proposed to cap new citizens at 30,000 per year— about the same number that leaves the country annually. He doesn’t like the cultural changes brought by immigration either, complaining that Miami’s influx was turning it into “a Third World nation.”

Bottom Line: The ascension of Tancredo to the White House might so terrify Mexican migrants that they stop coming across the border altogether. In that circumstance, forced to work on other issues, Tancredo might become a fairly libertarian president. This is an unlikely scenario.

[admin]

LS,

That is a good site that you found. I am going to sticky it until we get more and better info, or it becomes irrelevant.

[ka19]

This is pretty good, too.

www.issues2000.org/2008.htm

[adefonzo]

Wow...I think I found my new guy!!! Brian Moore from the Socialist Party!!! He and I see eye to eye on...well...come to think of it...just about NOTHING ;D

[fiberisgoodforyou]

Clinton vs Reagan? Its interesting so see how this is shaping up.

Obama is emoting shades of Raganomic taxation, while McCain slaloms between his left of Right Center image to attract the Clinton Dem's and independents, plus his religious Right. Either candidates know the win ticket is held by earning the support moderates and independents.

What is going to be most entertainment during the main event will be listening for Clinton from McCain and Reagan from Obama.

a truly retro aspect is..if this campaign can remain civil there can be aspects of 1952 Stevenson vs. Eisenhower.

Here is a fun site....
livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/election/index.php