August 24, 2010 05:48 PM UTC

No Shying Violet for Tom Tancredo

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Colorado Statesman’s Leslie Jorgensen breaks the story:

“Pat [Miller] is going to be my running mate!” exclaimed Tancredo on Monday night. “She’s a proven conservative and true pro-lifer.”

“Tom called me on Thursday night. I was organizing a bake sale and he said you need something bigger to do,” recalled Miller. “He asked me to be his running mate.”

“We’ll have the most conservative ticket for state governor in the country,” said Miller…

Miller, who now lives in Erie, was elected to the state House in 1989 from Arvada, and served one term. Her voting record was pro-life, pro-gun, anti-tax and very conservative. She lost a reelection bid to Democrat Jim Pierson in 1992. Two years later, she ran unsuccessfully for the 2nd Congressional District seat against Democrat David Skaggs.

In 1996, Miller challenged Skaggs again – but this time, his campaign painted her as a compatriot of militia movement. It hit a raw nerve after the April 19, 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City by Timothy McVeigh and others involved in a homegrown, militia-tied network…

After GOP ‘bombinee’ Dan Maes picked a relatively unembarrassing running mate–who nevertheless promptly enraged conservatives after her record began to circulate–Tom Tancredo’s choice of legendary right-wing firebrand Pat Miller is just breathtakingly awesome. We don’t mean that in terms of improved prospects for Tancredo, or Maes for that matter–this choice sets up an ideologically riven Republican base, and further removes any doubt that John Hickenlooper will be elected Governor by a large plurality. But make sure you stock up on the popcorn, because this will be one of the most entertaining elections you have ever seen.

Even if it will get a bit nutty.