Tancredo woos conservatives

Carolyn Hileman* | March 3, 2007

Filed Under Eyes on 2008, Immigration

The theme from the movie Rocky played as Colorado’s underdog entrant, Rep. Tom Tancredo, made his pitch to the 34th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference. “If you want to call me a single-issue candidate, fine, so long as you know that the single issue is the survival of the conservative movement in America,” Tancredo said, while supporters, including several dozen college kids bussed in from Michigan, waved blue and white Tancredo signs. Tancredo is best known for his hard-line stance against illegal immigration. But he’s been trying to expand his appeal as a lifelong, all-around conservative. He denounced what he called “hyphenated-conservatives” - like “social-conservative,” “fiscal-conservative” - and said the only split adjective he’d give himself is “unapologetic-conservative.”

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