The Tancredo Surge

Get ready for heads to explode if this actually happens. Tom Tancredo is within the margin of error in the latest polling for the Colorado governor's race. As Glenn Beck said on his show today, if he wins, "what a message that would send".

Tancredo's number one issue of course is illegal immigration. Personally, I have mixed feelings on the whole illegal immigration issue. I see immigration as a free trade issue, and the fact that we have illegal immigrants is in large part due to the massive trade barrier that is our immigration policy. But I have always had a soft spot for Tom Tancredo. To him, illegal immigration issue is not a wedge issue designed to siphon off votes, it's a matter of principal.
Plus, he is a down the line conservative on all other issues, including economic issues, the role of government and Federalism.

Speaking of Federalism, on the Glenn Beck show today he discussed the idea of kicking off a 10th Amendment revolution. He describes it as an effort to "draw a line in the sand" when it comes to Washington's encroachment on the states.

The only thing that worried me was that he said the first person he is going to call to launch this effort is NJ Governor Chris Christie. Uh...I'm not so sure about that. A great way for Chris Christie's numbers to plummet would be for him to stop talking about teachers unions and the NJ fiscal crisis and start hanging out with Tom Tancredo.

Tancredo needs to give Christie some space to do what he doing up in NJ, and just maybe he will have the opportunity to move on and do it for the entire nation. So Tom, please don't call, and Gov Christie, if he does call, consider not answering.