By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 5th at 04:46 AM  | 

On this Independence Day, it is time to focus on improving the crop of Republican congressmen by examining some of the remaining Republican primaries. Want the GOP to stand up to Barack Obama? Tired of the GOP cutting deals? Want to make sure the GOP doesn’t back out of full and complete repeal of Obamacare if they sweep in November? Then you absolutely must support | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 14th at 11:54 AM  | 

According to the vote count that leaked out, Senator Roy Blunt became Senate Republican Conference Vice Chairman with 25 votes and Senator Ron Johnson lost with 22 votes. Let me be up front that I genuinely like Roy Blunt. But I also think Senator Blunt is part of the status quo problem in Washington. My support of Ron Johnson was about Ron Johnson being a | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 30th at 05:00 AM  | 

Today is the last day of the financial quarter for candidates for office. Below are links to the candidates we’ve endorsed so far. Please consider giving what you can. Ted Cruz of Texas Jeff Flake of Arizona Adam Hasner of Florida Josh Mandel of Ohio, who was also recently endorsed by Jim DeMint. Don Stenberg of Nebraska

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 14th at 09:11 AM  | 

Jeff Flake is running for the Senate. He’ll be my first campaign contribution for the 2012 season. I know some of you are not fans of Flake’s because he sided with McCain on immigration. But I have to tell you, that he is so uncontrollable and, other than that issue, so much one of us, I’ll forgive him that. His score card for the Club | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 10th at 12:37 PM  | 

Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is throwing in the towel and retiring from the Senate. Much speculation will be had over the next few weeks about who to endorse and who to support. Let me be up front and just say I endorse Jeff Flake for the United States Senate. Now . . . now we just need to get him to run. Details. Just a | Read More »

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 7th at 03:31 PM  | 

Conservative activists have been pushing hard for Jeff Flake to get on the Appropriations Committee. Sources on the Hill tell me this afternoon that at Jeff Flake’s request he will be put on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, not Appropriations. To be clear though, I’m told Flake realized last month that he did not have the votes on the Steering Committee for Appropriations and | Read More »