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January 30, 2018 02:23 PM UTC

Tancredo Wants No Part of the Blue Wave

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  • by: Colorado Pols
Tom Tancredo sees the same numbers as everyone else.

Former Congressman Tom Tancredo was the frontrunner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination until this afternoon, when he abruptly dropped out of the race altogether.

If you’re wondering what in the hell just happened, the answer is deceptively simple: Tancredo decided the 2018 race for Governor was not winnable for Republicans. Here’s the money quote via Ernest Luning of the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman:

“It appeared to me the goal — winning the general, that was the main goal — and it does not appear to me to be feasible.”

The 2018 election is shaping up to be a catastrophic event for Republicans, and everyone sees it coming. In the House of Representatives alone, there are 35 Republicans who are just walking away from office and not even trying to run for re-election — including some of the most powerful and influential committee chairs on Capitol Hill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been open about his concerns that Republicans might lose both the House and the Senate in November.

Here’s another key quote from Luning’s story:

“I can’t do this and risk taking resources away from other Republican races.”

Remember that Tancredo joined the race for Governor well before the November 2017 election that officially started to panic Republicans around the country. Tancredo ran for Governor in both 2010 and 2014; he knows what it is like to run a statewide race more than just about anybody in Colorado, and he is absolutely not afraid of challenging the GOP establishment. But Tancredo is also at the end of his political career, and he doesn’t want to be blamed for a 2018 loss that may be unavoidable for Republicans.

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6 thoughts on “Tancredo Wants No Part of the Blue Wave

  1. I still don't know how to embed video –  
    What a maroon!

    Grade a coward, and a quitter.
    Will the R's ever tote him out for anything again?  ever?

     

    1. Embedding video is one of the simpler things to do on here. Copy the "embed" code – usually found on youtube in the video's menu under "share" or with an icon that looks like < / >  It will start with something like <iframe width= and end with /iframe>

      You copy that code.  Then you click the icon in the menu above that says Source. On that screen, paste your video embed code. Then click "post comment". That's it.

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