November 10, 2009 09:04 PM UTC

Tancredo To Guarantee Ritter's Re-Election?

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• by: Colorado Pols

File this somewhere between “no” and “hell no,” though the Denver Post feels obliged to report:

Former congressman and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo said he was hit with an avalanche of interest in his possible gubernatorial candidacy after a Douglas County supporter set up “The Draft Tom Tancredo for Governor” Facebook page Monday afternoon.

On Monday night, Tancredo wasn’t saying whether he is in or out, however, but noted that time was ticking away.

“If we’re going to do this thing, it’s going to have to be soon,” he said, reached on his cellphone. “Gosh, I’ve got to talk to a lot of people.”

Tancredo said he had been a strong supporter of Josh Penry’s.

“I had said that if Josh Penry wasn’t in the race, I would be,” said the Republican firebrand who is perhaps best known for his unflinching anti- illegal-immigration stance. “I know if I got into this thing, most of the party elite would not be happy.”

Oh, we can think of a few people who would be very, very happy to see Tom Tancredo jump into the Governor’s race–none of them are Republicans, though. We really don’t have the time or inclination to list all the reasons why Tancredo would be an unqualified, set-them-back-decades catastrophe as the GOP nominee for Governor. Fortunately for everybody, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell of it happening. And if it somehow does happen? Call the election that day.

That said, dissatisfaction with the sudden withdrawal of Josh Penry from this race within the Republican rank-and-file does seem to be a building story. What are the people who spent the last few months scumbagging Scott McInnis at every turn going to do now? Any ‘groundswell’ of support for Tancredo is more about McInnis’ weakness with the base than anything else.