November 21, 2009 01:12 AM UTC

Tancredo Out, Will Endorse McInnis?

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• by: Colorado Pols

Rumor has it that Tom Tancredo has decided against running for Governor–not that we ever really thought he would, no matter what he said–and will formally endorse Scott McInnis on Monday in a press conference that will include Josh Penry.

For all Tancredo’s boasting and blustering, running for Governor is a serious commitment–in both time and money spent–not really something Tancredo is up to after retiring from a congressional seat that required no effort on his part to maintain. There’s also been an exceeding amount of “pressure” put on him to not run by Republicans who know they can’t afford a primary with a moderate McInnis if they hope to knock off the moderate Gov. Bill Ritter next November.

That all said, we can’t help but wonder what the real purpose of this “threat” of a Tancredo candidacy was, and the “concessions” supposedly demanded of McInnis by Tancredo and Penry. There’s something about the timing of all these related op-ed columns and news articles that stinks of contrivance–of theater to appease angry conservatives.