Freshman House Republicans Need Some Good Discernment
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | November 17th at 06:22 PM |
This morning’s Politico has an article on the number of leadership posts that the incoming class of 2010 is demanding be set aside for freshmen. Two slots on the Elected Leadership Committee (ELC), which basically means they will sit at the leadership table and participate in the discussion, one class president (largely irrelevant), and importantly, two coveted slots on the Steering Committee which makes committee | Read More »
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Allen West,
Bob Dold,
Charlie Bass,
Hal Rogers,
Jeff Duncan,
Jerry Lewis,
Justin Amash,
Ken Calvert,
Renee Ellmers,
Steve LaTourette,
Steve Stivers,
Steve Womack,
Tim Huelskamp,
Tom Cole,
Tom Graves
Freedom and the Fight.
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 23rd at 05:00 AM |
It was 1:25 a.m. on November 5, 2008. The Republicans had just lost badly. Barack Obama had given his victory speech. Jesse Jackson had cried. And I was tired. I sat down at my computer and wrote this post entitled “The After. The Before. The Future, Present, and Past.” The subtitle was “The Day After and the Day After That, We’ll Fight On.” I was | Read More »
Jon Lerner: Winner
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 23rd at 01:56 AM |
Friends, if you are still up at this late hour you know Mike Lee won in Utah. We beat Bob Bennett twice — first at the convention and second by beating his chosen successor. We beat the Chamber of Commerce and the GOP establishment back in DC with this race. But we need to raise a glass to a man many of you have never | Read More »
Getting Jeff Duncan to Congress
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 8th at 01:39 PM |
Jeff Duncan’s website is revised and live. I’m all in for this campaign. Duncan is a terrific candidate and true-blue through and through conservative. We can push this seat to the right and keep it in Republican hands. I hope you might consider supporting him. The major competitor in the race is a fiscal squish who is going to not be good on either taxes | Read More »
Two Races Conservatives Must Pay Attention To
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | December 8th at 11:14 AM |
There are two congressional Republican primaries that I am keeping my eye on and want you to do the same. They are KS-01 and SC-03. Both are going to be won by the Republican in the general election. Both are open seats. In Kansas, Jerry Moran is running for the Senate against my favorite, Todd Tiahart. In South Carolina, Gresham Barrett is running for Governor | Read More »