Tancredo faces tough audience in Eagle

Third-party candidate for Colorado governor Tom Tancredo faced a somewhat hostile crowd at the Eagle County Building on Saturday as local conservatives accused him of ruining the chance for Republican candidate Dan Maes to win the November election.

Tancredo, a former congressman, was mostly on the defensive as about 45 local residents and members of the Vail Valley 9.12 Project asked why he would enter the governor's race, especially when he made comments late last year about how third-party candidates only function as a derailment for Republican candidates.

The Vail Valley 9.12 Project is part of a nationwide movement of constitutional conservatives.

Vail Valley 9.12 Project's organizer Michael Schneider kicked off the event by talking about a letter Tancredo wrote to 9.12 members and Tea Party activists last December that said third-party candidates split conservative votes and guarantee the re-election of liberals and socialists.       – More -