Picking Back up on House and Senate Races
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | February 23rd at 12:44 PM |
It is time for me to get focused again on House and Senate races. With redistricting, we’ve got to make some tough decisions in races where two incumbents are situated. Likewise, we’ve got new people running. It is time. Here’s my initial list of support and focus. I’ll add to it over time. One of the big races up front is going to be Manzullo | Read More »
Paging the Missouri Tea Party: Here’s One to Primary
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | October 21st at 10:37 AM |
“She represents a +15 GOP district that voted for George Bush and John McCain for president by 63% and 62% respectively. ” She was elected in 1996, and is serving her 8th full term in Congress. She believes her mission in life is to solve world hunger—whether its through foreign aid or food stamps here in this country that we can no longer afford. But | Read More »
Returning an Obscure Congressman to Permanent Obscurity
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | October 13th at 06:00 AM |
He was elected in 2000, and is serving in his 6th term in Congress. He is pathetic on education issues and school choice reforms in particular. He voted in favor of No Child Left Behind, and earlier this year, was one of only 4 Republicans to oppose reinstating opportunity scholarships for poor children in D.C. He is a restrictor of free speech. He supported McCain-Feingold | Read More »
Regaining Control When Your Congressman is Out of Control
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | October 4th at 09:03 AM |
Editor’s Note: Starting last week and each week from here on, I’ve decided to focus on a Republican in the House or Senate the Tea Party should consider primarying. I think we are too distracted by Presidential politics and cannot afford to keep on keeping on in the House and Senate. Last week I started with Martha Roby. This week, another one. Each week, based | Read More »
Can We Get A Do Over In Alabama 2?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | September 26th at 03:37 PM |
pathetic |p?’THetik| adjective 1 arousing pity, esp. through vulnerability or sadness: she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her. • informal miserably inadequate: his test scores in Chemistry were pathetic. 2 archaic relating to the emotions. 3 political representing Lower Alabama and only scoring 58% on Heritage Action for America’s scorecard: Martha Roby is pathetic. Back in 2010, we backed Rick Barber | Read More »