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Media reports - December 20, 2007
Xenophobe Tom Tancredo quits GOP race
Xenophobe Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Tancredo, ended his campaign today. In a surprise move, Tancredo, a five-term congressman from Colorado, said he would endorse rival Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination.
Tancredo has consistently polled at the bottom of the nine-person Republican field. He based his campaign on fighting illegal immigration and has run television ads that link lax border control to terrorist attacks, rape and other crimes.
He made his announcement at a news conference in downtown Des Moines, two weeks before Iowa begins the presidential nominating process with the state’s precinct caucuses.
As recently as October, Tancredo was asked whether he would commit to supporting the eventual GOP nominee, no matter who it is. He balked: “You know, I’ve said I don’t know how many times that I am absolutely tired and sick and tired of being forced to go to the polls and say I’m going to make this choice between the lesser of two evils. I really don’t intend to do that again.”……….
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