Kevin McCarthy

    The Easiest Test to Find Out if Your House Member is a Real Conservative

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 08:29 AM  | 

    There are many House Republicans. And most of them call themselves conservatives. In fact, what we see over time is that most of the House Republicans ultimately wind up being what I call pro-life statists. They claim they are conservative because they vote right on life issues and against Obama, but they are perfectly happy driving up the cost of government for their own purposes. | Read More »

    In Which We Learn Reid Ribble Isn’t One Of Us

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 18th at 07:30 AM  | 

    The New York Times has an interesting profile of House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy — the man who will someday probably gut Eric Cantor’s naked ambitions. For all the talk about a Boehner v. Cantor rivalry, reporters should keep their eyes on the Cantor v. McCarthy relationship. In any event, there is this interesting nugget about McCarthy rewarding House Republicans who toe the party line, | Read More »

    Again I Say Fight!

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 21st at 01:09 PM  | 

    “If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have | Read More »