Sarah Palin, Tea Party darling turns back on GOP, endorses Tom Tancredo for Colorado governor

NY Daily News: Sarah Palin, Tea Party darling turns back on GOP, endorses Tom Tancredo for Colorado governor
The Mama Grizzly is giving Tom Tancredo a rocky mountain high.

In a last minute push -- and turning her back on Republican Dan Maes, the most unpopular major party candidate in the country -- Sarah Palin endorsed Tancredo, who's running as a third party-candidate in the Colorado gubernatorial race.

"BREAKING: Tancredo just received glowing endorsement from Sarah Palin-details forthcoming," the campaign tweeted. A link to a recorded message was then posted on the Tancredo's website.

"Tom is the right man for the job," Palin is heard saying in the joint robocall.

The former Republican Congressman, running as an American Constitution Party candidate, has been skewered for his anti-immigrant stance and for endorsing an Arizona-style law.

"He'll fight for lower taxes, he'll stop growing government, and start growing the economy. And we know he'll continue to work to end illegal immigration," she said of Tancredo in the recording.

A recent survey by Public Policy Polling shows 48% of likely voters will vote for Democrat John Hickenlooper to Tancredo's 43% -- up from last week's results by just a few points.

Palin didn't take to Facebook and Twitter like she normally does to endorse a candidate. Instead, she reminded voters about March 21, the day when "the Pelosi Congress cast its vote for Obamacare."

"Let's fire Pelosi, retire Reid, and send all those who were responsible for that disgraceful bill," she wrote on Facebook.

The former vice presidential nominee has turned her back on several establishment candidates this election season, including the Alaska and Delaware Senate races, where she backed Tea Partiers Joe Miller and Christine O'Donnell.

Palin has endorsed 61 candidates so far, according to the Washington Post's Palin endorsement tracker. Of those, 42 won in their primary, 11 lost, and eight had no primary.

President Obama will spend some of Election Day calling into radio shows to urge Americans to vote, The Hill reported. But a large part of his day will be spent in meetings as he prepares for a 10-day trip to Asia, which begins on Friday.