Tom Tancredo: “I was mesmerized by that speech. It was the first time I had heard that man speak. I was amazed at his ability to…”

“I was mesmerized by that speech. It was the first time I had heard that man speak. I was amazed at his ability to capture the imagination of the audience he was speaking to directly and of the millions of people he was speaking to through the power of television. I must say that I have never cherished anything in my public life more than I have cherished the time I spent in Mr. Reagan's administration, because I was serving in the Reagan revolution and he made me feel like a revolutionary, and he gave me the zeal and the ardor and the enthusiasm for the cause. His words inspired me. His integrity illuminated the American spirit. How wonderful it was to be proud of the President of the United States.”