Colorado Tea Party questions Tancredo's tactics and record

Tom Tancredo, set to officially announce his candidacy for governor on Thursday, will have to work very hard to cobble together a plurality in a three-way gubernatorial race this fall now that he's alienated many of the state's most conservative voters.

Tea Party and other pro-liberty groups, some of which signed a letter last weekend advising Tancredo not to run, are questioning the former congressman's commitment to their principles and their political imperatives.

"A lot of it has to do with the method he went about entering this race, the ultimatum he threw down, the hypocrisy he showed in asking us to get involved and not go third party and then he goes third party himself," said Lesley Hollywood, who leads the Northern Colorado Tea Party, the state's largest conservative grassroots group.

"I think Tom Tancredo has shown himself to be a friend of the Tea Party and then he back-handed us."    - More -