Black Box Report

Yesterday tom Tancredo made his first visit to New Jersey. Like an ambulance chaser stuffing his business card into the pocket of an accident victim, he became the latest to try and capitalize on Newark’s tragedy for political game.

After the horrible execution style murders of three young students with bright futures, the Colorado congressman - who doesn't even register in most presidential polls - made the immigration status of one of the accused assailants the headline.

"We can no longer allow illegal aliens to be above the law. If the alleged assailants are found guilty of these brutal crimes, Newark and its political leadership share a degree of culpability."

Before you dismiss this shtick as just a desperate Hail Mary from a political long shot, consider Mitt Romney is already running commercials touching on Newark’s tragedy.

Shame on both of them. Neither of these two I bet you had ever set foot in Newark prior to last week, let alone even uttered a syllable on any victim in that city's history. Tancredo is such a phony, that for all his bluster of rounding up millions of illegal immigrants he still can't explain why he hired some of the very same to work on his home.

It's symbolic of why politicians get a bad rep. Phony ideologues who'll do anything to get a headline. The people of Newark didn't invite you in, you're part of the problem not the solution.