Trancredo may run for CO governor as an independent 0_o

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= Governor Hickenlooper if McIcecream is still in it

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Tancredo gives ultimatum: either both McInnis and Maes drop out immediately following the August primary, thus allowing the GOP to select a candidate, or he runs as a third party candidate and splits the vote. He says he doesn't care if he is nominated by the GOP or not.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2010/07/22/tancredo-ultimatum-to-maes-and-mcinnis-get-out-or-im-in/12223/

something tells me that that kind of blackmail isn't going to work.

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How much did Tancredo raise when he ran for president?  Colorado has very strict fundraising laws -- he's not independently wealthy, right?

He might not make a very big splash in the race as an Indy


edit: I see, $1.3m, hmm, I guess it depends on who those donors are.  My suspicion is that a lot less people would be inclined to donate to a spoiler candidate in a general election.  

Tancredo also has to explain why, if he thought he'd be such a great governor, why he wasn't in this race to begin with.  "The frontrunner turned out to have committed serious intellectual copyright theft in 2005" isn't the most compelling of reasons to explain why you entered a race where you presumably already knew you'd be the best person in the state to be governor already.

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And why would Maes drop out?  "Oh, the momentum shifted towards our campaign, so we thought it'd be best to drop out and let an undemocratic process choose the nominee instead"

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We'll see.  Obviously if he got 5%, that would be significant in this race -- maybe he thinks Maes & McInnis will drop out, and he wants to put a lot of pressure on the CO GOP to pick him, but doesn't intend to follow through?

This could all be a bluff too, who knows what Tom is up to.