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Tancredo slams Perry as an ‘arrogant, open border, pro-amnesty politician’

By | 09.27.11 | 9:37 am

Former Colorado Congressman and anti-illegal immigration crusader Tom Tancredo has no patience with Republican presidential frontrunner Rick Perry, the Texas governor with the Hollywood hair who fired up the right when he announced his candidacy but who has stumbled under the national spotlight ever since. In the wake of last week’s GOP candidate debate, Tancredo decried Perry as an arrogant “name-calling, open border, pro-amnesty politician.”

VIDEO: Obama pushes for GOP support on immigration reform

By | 07.01.10 | 10:30 am

Obama tried to carve out middle ground on immigration reform in a speech at American University’s School of International Service Thursday. Light on specific policy recommendations, the President rejected appeals for blanket amnesty for undocumented immigrants in the country while…

In CD7, Perlmutter, Frazier wage another battle over energy policy

By | 06.07.10 | 10:43 am

The top candidates for Colorado’s Seventh Congressional District are facing off on energy policy and jobs, the debate breaking along predictable lines. Democratic Congressman Ed Perlmutter is a longtime advocate for renewable energy development, which he sees as an essential part of the drive toward national energy independence. He has supported so-called cap-and-trade legislation that would tax carbon as a way to move the country toward cleaner renewable fuels. Perlmutter’s main GOP rival, Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier, calls Perlmutter’s stance limiting and told the Colorado Independent that he is for an “all of the above” national energy policy that includes opposition to cap and trade and an embrace of oil and coal as well as alternative nuclear and renewable power.

Schultheis to Polis on Arizona law: Give the people what they want

By | 06.02.10 | 4:57 pm

Anti-illegal immigration firebrand and state senator Dave Schultheis blogged on Arizona SB 1070 over the Memorial Day weekend, delivering a partisan stinger that was picked up as an op-ed by his hometown newspaper, the Colorado Springs Gazette. The…

Rove rejects ‘birtherism’; hits back at Tancredo

By | 04.19.10 | 7:07 pm

Colorado conservative talk radio has been on fire of late considering the birther conspiracy, spurred by Greeley native Lt. Col. Terry Lakin’s coming court martial for refusing orders from the man he doubts is a legitimate Commander in Chief. Last…

Tom Tancredo: Sarcastic twitter blogger

By | 04.07.10 | 10:22 am

Former Colorado Congressman, anti-illegal alien firebrand, talk-radio host, Republican candidate thorn-in-side Tom Tancredo has taken his long mockery of newly non-mavericked Arizona Sen. John McCain onto the Twitter. It’s rich.

Tancredo demands Napolitano send National Guard to Arizona border

By | 03.29.10 | 12:24 am

Former U.S. Congressman and anti-illegal immigration firebrand Tom Tancredo called on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Sunday to send the national guard to the Arizona border, where rancher Rob Krentz was killed this weekend, reportedly by drug smugglers.

Anti-immigration NumbersUSA hones talking points: Say ‘welfare queen’; say ‘dependents’

By | 03.11.10 | 11:23 am

In a strategy conference call with supporters Monday, anti-illegal immigrant group NumbersUSA geared up to counter a large immigration reform rally planned for next week in Washington. Conference call participants suggested Mexican women in the States should be…

Here They Come: Tea Parties Against ‘Amnesty’

By | 10.28.09 | 10:55 am

The immigration restrictionist group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) said it’s flooding Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, and planning another round of Tea Parties, to motivate what they hope will be a huge backlash against any attempt to…