Bob McCarty Writes

Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo has earned a reputation for speaking his mind, especially when it comes to the issue of illegal immigration and border security. Now, that he’s announced he will not seek re-election to his seat representing his Colorado district in the House of Representatives, it appears he’s been unleashed.

In his recently-released and much-discussed television campaign commercial (see below), Tancredo says what others in the 2008 presidential race won’t.

While I don’t see myself voting for Tancredo due to the impression I have of him as a “one-trick pony” candidate, I do applaud him for his willingness to identify the “elephant in the room” that is illegal immigration being fed by a lack of adequate border security.