Tom Cole

    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 »

    Tom Cole Goes With Hoffman

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 27th at 02:34 PM  | 

    I leveled withering criticism at Tom Cole two years ago for what I thought were some seriously wrong decisions while chairing the NRCC, but I may have to take it all back. He just endorsed Doug Hoffman. Yeah, you read that right — Rep. Tom Cole, the former head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, just endorsed Hoffman over the establishment GOP’s pick. Well done, | Read More »

    NRCC Yanks Funding From Michelle Bachmann (UPDATED)

    By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 05:12 PM  | 

    Let’s just call Tom Cole (R-OK), the head of the NRCC, what he is: a douchebag. Some of you will be upset by the language, but I think it is an accurate description. We chronicled for you the need to ditch Tom Cole from the NRCC months ago. Sure, we knew it was going to be a bad year, but Cole seemed more interested in | Read More »