{"id":210,"date":"2007-04-02T12:48:20","date_gmt":"2007-04-02T20:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=210"},"modified":"2007-12-09T11:41:43","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T18:29:43","slug":"tom-tancredo-chases-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"Tom Tancredo Chases White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s my favorite candidate for U.S. president (my next preference would be Mitt Romney and then Rudy Giuliani).  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/profiles\/profiles\/tom_tancredo.htm\">I heard him speak to the Wednesday Morning Club August 22, 2006<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/news\/ci_5575971\">The Denver Post does him wrong in its report<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tancredo&#8217;s candidacy will be focused almost entirely on immigration issues, which he hopes to bring to the forefront among the leading Republican candidates of Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Sen. 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