Uh-oh! This could be the end of the Tancredo run

This (wipes sarcastic tear) could be the end of the one-(false)-issue political juggernaut

Monster junket shocked even jaded D.C. staffers

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/10/26/CONGRESS_TRAVEL28_COX_W7953.html

WASHINGTON — Even as new ethics rules curtail Congressional trips financed by private interests, a long tradition of traveling abroad at taxpayers' expense survives.

And while these "fact-finding" missions sometimes take lawmakers to hot spots such as Iraq and the Middle East, where they are clearly dealing with crucial policy issues, other excursions to more pleasant climes are occasionally labeled as, well, junketeering.

The final 11-day itinerary took the group to the Panama Canal, to Buenos Aires for touring and a tango show as well as brief official meetings at their hotel, then to the southernmost tip of the continent for a boat outing to see the famed penguins of Tierra del Fuego, then to the water falls of Iguazu in Brazil and a foray into the Amazon jungle.

En route home, most of the delegation stopped at the beach resort of Tobago for four nights-one extra to avoid a snowstorm in Washington.

In the group were Rep. Tom Tancredo, the Colorado Republican who is now running for president, and his wife, Jackie. Tancredo said through his spokesman that his chief memory of the trip was that he found it "frustrating to be constantly flying."

tancredo should pack it in. I don't think he's ever got past the 1% mark. And if senators rarely win presidential elections, then the odds for a house rep winning are about a million to one. Plus, his radical conservatism has fueled doubts that he could even win a statewide contest in Colorado. And if there's speculation he couldn't carry his home state, he needs to give up.

:hi:

and he is waaay off on that one issue

Oh on EDIT-Welcome to DU :hi:

thanks Debi