Thank god!!!! He's as bad as Bush

White House run not likely

Tancredo says goal achieved. The hard-liner on immigration says the border issue is getting the attention he sought.


Washington - Immigration hard-liner Tom Tancredo's presidential campaign might be over before it begins.

The Republican congressman from Littleton, who for more than a year has flirted with a presidential run in 2008 to force debate on illegal immigration, said Wednesday that his work largely is done.

The issue is dominating national politics and popping up in state races. Hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered in U.S. cities. And presidential contenders who had avoided the issue have defined their positions.