Yesterday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin endorsed Tom Tancredo.  In a robocall she recorded for Mr. Tancredo she said “he’ll fight for lower taxes, he’ll stop growing government, and start growing the economy.  And we know he’ll continue working to end illegal immigration.”

According to an article posted at the Business Word Inc. “Tom Tancredo will become Colorado’s next governor, and Republicans will take over the state’s legislature. . .predicted David Flaherty, president and CEO of Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, a Louisville, CO, pollster that works for Republicans around the country. In a phone interview, Flaherty said polls that show John Hickenlooper winning the gubernatorial race are using demographics and turnout numbers that incorrectly skew their results in favor of Democrats.” 

An article posted online at the Washington Post’s website describes Tom Tancredo’s for the Sudanese refugee community.  The author of the article says this “In New York to photograph the start of the Sudan Freedom Walk, I was privileged to learn things about Tom Tancredo, and President Obama, that few Americans know anything about. I discovered that while many in the Sudanese refugee community feel betrayed by President Obama, they reserve a special place in their hearts for Tom Tancredo.”  Link to article:  http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/art-and-politics/2010/oct/29/tom-tancredo-you-may-not-know/.

As a congressman, Tom Tancredo was the primary author of the Sudanese Peace Act in 2001, later signed by President George W. Bush.  According to the above-quoted article a gentleman now residing in Boston, Francis Bok, was kidnapped during a a massacre of his village by Arab slave traders at the age of seven and escaped his captors a decade later.  Here is what he has to say about Tom Tancredo “After all we have witnessed since 9/11 2001, I don’t think anyone should actually be allowed to come in (to the U.S.) without being screened, without being asked where are you from, and what are they about,”  . .  . “He (Tancredo) is someone that we appreciate [for] his work on foreign policy during his time in Congress about Sudan. The Sudan government knows him, the people of south Sudan, the people of Darfur, and all the other marginalized groups of Sudanese people know who he is, and what he stands for.”  Mr. Bok hopes that Mr. Tancredo is elected governor of Colorado.

Tom Tancredo can win the race.  Dan Maes will finish with five percent (5%) or less of the vote. 

Tom Tancredo has been endorsed by Erick Erickson, Michelle Malkin and Mark Levin.  He has also been endorsed by Republican elected officials in all parts of the state.  I am not aware of a single Republican official still supporting Dan Maes.

The Colorado GOP chairman, Dick Wadhams, had this to said Dan Maes is “the worst candidate in Colorado history we’ve ever had for governor and one of the most polarizing.”

A large number of past and present Republican officeholders in Colorado are providing public support to the gubernatorial candidacy of former Congressman Tom Tancredo.

The sixth congressional district of Colorado is now represented by Republican Congressman Mike Hoffman and was formerly represented by Tom Tancredo.  Congressman Hoffman is publicly supporting Mr. Tancredo and was present at a Tancredo rally on October 18th in Aurora, Colorado, along with more than thirteen hundred other Tancredo supporters.

Former Republican Congressman and State Republican Party Chair Bob Beauprez and former Republican Congressman Joel Helfley are supporting Tom Tancredo.  State Board of Education Chairman and former Republican Congressman Bob Schaffer has endorsed Mr. Tancredo.

Colorado Republican State Senators Greg Brophy, Shawn Mitchell, Ted Harvey and Russell Pearce all publicly support Mr. Tancredo.  Colorado Republican Senator and State Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp is supporting Tom Tancredo.  Additionally, Colorado Republican State Representatives Cheri Gerou, Cindy Acree, Kent Lambert, Marsha Looper and Spencer Swalm all have endorsed Tom Tancredo.  Sheriffs Grayson Robinson, William Frangis and Gerald Wallace are each supporting Mr. Tancredo.

There are many, many more present and former Republican officeholdes supporting Tom Tandredo.  Why are so many past and present Republican officeholders endorsing Tom Tancredo?\

A poll by Rasmussen Reports conducted on October 14, 20100, puts conservative Tom Tancredo within four points of left-wing Democrat John Hickenlooper.  The Rasmussen poll found support for Hickenlopper at 42% and support for Tancredo at 38%.  Rasmussen stated that support for Dan Maes “continues to fall” and placed his support at 12%.

The present and former Republican officeholders know Tom Tancredo has been a solid conservative during his entire public career.  He frequently obtained scores of 100% from the American Conservative Union and the National Right to Life Committee during his congressional career.  Mr. Tancredo was always a reliable pro-life vote while serving in Congress.  In fact, he has always been 100% pro-life.

Tom Tancredo received an “A” from then National Taxpayers Union (NTU) for each year that he served in Congress and received a “Taxpayers’ Friend Award” for each year that he served in Congress. On multiple occasions, he  ranked among the top five of all four hundred thirty-five members of the United States House of Representatives in NTU’s rankings of House members.  Former Congressman Rep. Tancredo is pro-second amendment.  He received a grade of “A” from the National Rifle Association for the 2006 election cycle.

Colorado Republican Chairman Dick Wadhams described Maes in an interview as “the worst candidate in Colorado history we’ve ever had for governor and one of the most polarizing.”  According to the Colorado Statesman, in an e-mail exchange with a handful of Republicans in Arapahoe County after the above comment, Wadhams explained, “I can’t officially support Tancredo in my position but I’m perfectly free to assess the quality of the Republican nominee.”

In a 2005 article entitled “Souter-phobia”, Fred Barnes opening paragraph states that for conservatives Souter’s “elevation to the High Court was a mistake for the ages”. 

It is hard to underestimate the damage done by that selection by President George Herbert Walker Bush.  Edith Jones would have been a magnificent Supreme Court justice as she has been a magnificent judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 

Edith Jones became only sixty years old on April 7th of this year.  If President Bush had selected Edith Jones, there would be no Sonia Sotomayor to consider.  Instead, we would have a wonderful Supreme Court justice who would hopefully be serving for another fifteen to twenty years.

David Souter has been as reliable or nearly as reliable as for liberal causes as a Supreme Court justice as Ginsburg and Breyer.

Whether the selection is Sonia Sotomayor or another candidate, there is no doubt that President Obama will select a solidly liberal candidate.  Liberal presidents don’t make mistakes when choosing Supreme Court justices.  As Bill Clinton selected two left-wingers, Breyer and Ginsburg, so shall Obama select two or three left-wingers during his term in office.

With Edith Jones on the Court, the awful Roe v. Wade ruling truly may have been in jeopardy of being discarded.  Instead, we have John Sununu and Warren Rudman among others to thank for Souter.

Harriet Miers would have been Souter, part two. 

Possibly the most significant aspect of George W. Bush’s legacy as president is the appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, two wonderful justices.  I wish that President Bush 43 could have appointed one more justice, preferably J. Michael Luttig.