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Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo announced last week that he was withdrawing from the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Right after that surprising announcement in Des Moines, he sat down with TIME to reflect on the impact he's had on the race and how he hopes to continue exert influence with his endorsement of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Tom Tancredo on How He Changed the Presidential Race | 12/23/2007 | See Source »

TIME: What impact has your candidacy had on the race? TANCREDO: The thing that got me into the race was the issue of illegal immigration and a much bigger picture of the society, of the culture itself and what was happening to it with the Balkanization of America, the bilinguilization of America; the things that are pulling us apart... instead of pulling us together, the lack of assimilation that's occurring among the people who are coming here. All these things that I felt were of major importance to the nation and I felt that no one else was addressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Tom Tancredo on How He Changed the Presidential Race | 12/23/2007 | See Source »

...Bless him," said Tancredo said of his last would-be volunteer. "Duncan Hunter is a great guy. Duncan Hunter doesn't have a chance. I have better numbers than Duncan. One of the reasons I'm endorsing Romney is he can go the distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tancredo's Single-Issue Victory | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...When asked if he would follow Tancredo's endorsement and support Romney, Johnson said he'd be more inclined to support California Congressman Duncan Hunter, another dark horse candidate who's tough on immigration. "I don't like Romney," Johnson said, before driving off in his dusty grey sedan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tancredo's Single-Issue Victory | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...Tancredo has announced he is also not running for reelection for his Congressional seat. His immediate plans, he said, are to hang out with his grandkids, stump for Romney and finish his last year in office. After that, who knows? Romney may one day need to appoint a head of Immigration and Naturalization Services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tancredo's Single-Issue Victory | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

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