Obama Lacks Faith in the American People
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 19th at 01:25 PM |
Barack Obama is out accusing the Republican Party of a lack of faith in the American people. But it is Barack Obama who thinks the government must tell people what they can and cannot eat. It is Barack Obama who thinks the government must tell people what insurance they must have. It is Barack Obama who believes the government must regulate bank charges, overdraft fees, | Read More »
I Like Kevin Calvey for Congress
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 19th at 12:57 PM |
I haven’t mentioned it, but I’m a big fan of Kevin Calvey for Congress. He’s running in Oklahoma for the 5th Congressional District. He’s a recipient of the Bronze Star for his service in the Iraq War. Kevin was part of the surge. He’s got the Club for Growth behind him, Concerned Women of America, Gun Owners of America, me, and others. This guy is | Read More »
Republican Senators Must Filibuster Elena Kagan
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 19th at 10:53 AM |
I’ve got the top story at Human Events today and call on Republians to filibuster. Americans have now learned about the extreme views of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court. Kagan’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee contained much clear evidence of her expansive view of federal power and her lack of respect for the 2nd Amendment. Kagan’s views on | Read More »
Morning Briefing for July 19, 2010
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 19th at 04:45 AM |
RedState Morning Briefing For July 19, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Senate Republicans to Tea Party Activists: Go To H – E – Double Hockeysticks 2. WH: Individual mandate now a tax. 3. Republicans “Make Their Stand On The Backs Of The Unemployed.” Really?? 4. Senator Lisa Murkowski Sells Out Conservatives — Again 5. It is | Read More »
Senate Republicans to Tea Party Activists: Go To H – E – Double Hockeysticks
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 18th at 12:31 AM |
I told you a while back about a small group of Republican Senators sitting down for drinks at the Capitol Hill Club. They’d been to a tea party rally that day and were openly mocking the tea partiers. One of them, a guy tea partiers adore, seemed to hold them in open contempt at this table. Well, between the tea partiers and Jim DeMint, these | Read More »
It is time for conservatives to get off the fence in KS-01
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 16th at 12:00 PM |
Lots of conservatives have sat out KS-01 because we all like Rob Wassinger, who worked for Sam Brownback, but whose campaign is going nowhere. But because of that, conservatives have let down Tim Huelskamp, a solidly pro-life, fiscal conservative that both I, Concerned Women of America, the Club for Growth have endorsed. Surveys are coming out showing the most liberal man (big spending and pro-abortion) | Read More »
Washington Post Plans to Out Companies and Individuals Doing Intelligence Work
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 16th at 10:11 AM |
This morning I received this memo from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In it, the ODNI advises its “industry partners,” that is those corporations and individuals who do work to assist the security of the country, that the Washington Post is planning on outing them. Early next week, the Washington Post is expected to publish articles and an interactive website that will | Read More »
Morning Briefing for July 16, 2010
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 16th at 05:00 AM |
RedState Morning Briefing For July 16, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. The Democratic Governors Association Spent $800,000.00 Attacking Barack Obama 2. Deficits Are A Symptom. The Problem Is Spending. 3. They all look alike to Sheila Jackson-Lee (D, TX-18). 4. Poll: 72% Disagree With Obama Oil Spill Policy 5. Don’t Blink-Democrats Aren’t Done Killing Jobs Yet
Ron Johnson Beating Russ Feingold
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 15th at 01:21 PM |
Okay, so it is within the margin of error and only one point ahead, but it is against Russ Feingold. That’s great. It is 47 to 46 in Ron Johnson’s favor. More troubling for Feingold, the polling shows that 42% of Wisconsin voters strongly disapprove of Obama’s handling of the economy with another 8% somewhat disapproving. Johnson has been steadily going up in the poll | Read More »
Tucker Carlson & Daily Caller Own Keith Olbermann
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 15th at 09:41 AM |
The folks at the Daily Caller have scored a most excellent coup. Today they own Keith Olbermann. Literally. Okay . . . technically it is KeithOlbermann.com, but still. That is just awesome. They’ve just set a very high bar for the rest of us to be Worst Person in the World this week. Sigh.
Frank Guinta the Grandstander
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 15th at 09:34 AM |
Those emails from the Attorney General’s Office in New Hampshire haven’t done a lot of damage to Kelly Ayotte — at least as much as people thought. IN fact, in a new poll, she’s clobbering Paul Hodes, the run to Canada for money Democrat. But one person who is getting hit Frank Guinta, running for Congress. Guinta is very adamant he opposed the stimulus and | Read More »
Morning Briefing for July 15, 2010
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 15th at 04:45 AM |
RedState Morning Briefing For July 15, 2010Go to www.RedStateMB.com to get the Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. This is Like Season 4 of 24, But With the Economy Instead of Terrorism 2. I have reservations with Paul Ryan’s “Roadmap” 3. A Good Year to Die 4. Breaking Ranks When The Heat Is On: What Happens When Amateurs Go To | Read More »
This is Like Season 4 of 24, But With the Economy Instead of Terrorism
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 14th at 10:36 PM |
In Season 4 of the television show 24, President John Keeler is on Air Force One as it is blown out of the sky. Under the 25th amendment, power transfers to the Vice President, Charles Logan. But Logan is unable to deal with the demands of national security, so his Chief of Staff convinces him to bring former President David Palmer back to handle all | Read More »
Breaking Ranks When The Heat Is On: What Happens When Amateurs Go To War (With Each Other)
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 14th at 12:26 PM |
I have long maintained that while this administration is great at running campaigns, it is a miserable failure at actually running an administration. It has become rudderless with too many people competing to steer the ship. One minute Rahm Emanuel calls the shots. The next it is Valerie Jarrett or David Axelrod or Robert Gibbs. Then back to Rahm and over to Patrick Gaspard, etc. | Read More »
Conservatives Rally for Ron Johnson in Wisconsin
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 14th at 09:46 AM |
A friend of mine pointed out the other day that while I endorsed Ron Johnson for the Senate in Wisconsin several weeks ago on Twitter, I never wrote about it here. Let me remedy that today by pointing out Jim DeMint, the NRSC, and me are all on the same side on this one. DeMint will be making his endorsement today. Later today and this | Read More »