https://redstate.com/erick/2010/09/01/boo-hoo-icky-conservatives-might-upset-the-senate/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 17:42:11 -0400<![CDATA[Funny, several friends and I were joking earlier today that pretty soon the elites and their media friends would take a new angle on Ken Buck, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Sharron Angle, etc.Instead of calling them fringe, which is getting harder and harder to do given their successes, the media would instead contrast them to Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint, alleging that these people are far to the right of Coburn and DeMint. In effect, DeMint and Coburn would be centrists relatively speaking.It didn&#8217;t take 24 hours. The elites are so predictable.]]>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:38:40 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/09/01/boo-hoo-icky-conservatives-might-upset-the-senate-n36079