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The Denver Post is reporting Angela "Bay" Buchanan has been named one of the top advisors in Rep. Tom Tancredo's possible presidential bid. Bay is best known as the sister of Pat Buchanan. She directed Pat's three bids for the White House. She continues to share many of the same goals as her brother and they work together (she as president, he as chairman) on The American Cause, a site which attacks globalism and preaches what they call "conservatism of the heart."

In addition to working with her brother, she also served as U.S. Treasurer during the Reagan Administration. (At age 32, she was the youngest person to ever serve in that post.) Bay is chairwoman of Team America, Tancredo's PAC. It primarily collects and distributes money to politicians who share Tancredo's views, especially his extreme immigration views.

She has also been a commentator on The Situation Room and Inside Politics. Most recently she earned the ire of many Democrats when she falsely claimed on ABC's Good Morning America that Nancy Pelosi was "letting everybody know that she's going to spend two years with impeachment hearings."

Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of this announcement is from a religious viewpoint. Originally a Roman Catholic, she converted to Mormonism in 1976. While Buchanan hasn't typically had much pull within the overall Mormon community, her appointment must be a blow to former Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign which thought the Mormon angle was sewn up.