Romney/Tancredo for 2008?

While the mainstream and the alternative media are in frenzy over - I won’t even mention her name – the remainder of this year’s Conservative Political Action Committee convention was widely ignored by the former and the latter.

Not Surprisingly, Mitt Romney led the polls for the nomination with 21% of the vote, with Rudy Giuliani coming in at a considerably distant second, with 17%.

“It’s an honor to be here in high heels, walking backwards,” Romney joked. On serious matters, he touched on the unconstitutional McCain-Feingold bill that seeks to abridge free speech in the last quarters of an election cycle.

Romney concluded, "To me, a fundamental principle of democracy is at stake. It is the people who are sovereign in America, not a few folks in black robes. Judges add things that aren't in the Constitution, and they take away things that are in the Constitution. In that regard, they let the campaign finance lobby take away First Amendment rights. If I'm president, I will fight to repeal McCain-Feingold."

Later, he vowed to cap spending, something we haven’t seen much of from Republicans these days.

“If I am elected President, I will cap non-defense discretionary spending at inflation minus 1 percent. That alone will save $300 billion over 10 years.” He continues, “It's time to cut out the mountains of waste and inefficiency and duplication in the federal government. I've done that in business, I've done that in the Olympics, and I've done that in Massachusetts.”

Romney’s experience in a high government position has been tried, and although he has “flip-flopped” on key social issues, they have all come in favor in promoting conservative values in the bluest of the blue states, Massachusetts.

How real are his convictions? Time will tell.

But for now, we know that Romney was formerly pro-choice, due to a death in his family as a result of an illegal abortion. His pro-life conversion became known when he vetoed an embryo farming initiative.

He has since defined himself as a solid conservative on many social issues.

Romney has distinguished himself by speaking out on illegal immigration. The Boston Herald reported his opposition to citizenship for illegal aliens.

”I do not believe amnesty is the right course for the 11 or 12 million illegal immigrants who are living here. It didn’t work in the 1980s; it’s not going to work in the 2000s either,” he argues.

In December 2006, he reached a deal with state troopers, allowing them to arrest immigrants who illegally reside in Massachusetts.

Many conservatives have been frustrated with President Bush’s soft positions on the border, leaving the gate clear for a possible Romney/Tancredo ticket for 2008.

Tancredo has an admirable “straight-shooter” approach that is rarely seen in the political arena. In a fiery speech, he criticized “compassionate conservatism” as a movement that has expanded government to unholy boundaries, with the Prescription D plan and the No Child Left Behind Act.

Although he lacks in governing experience, a calling to serve as Vice President would abundantly serve his future as a presidential candidate.