Erick Erickson's Blog, page 232

Put Georgia 8 on your radar

Meet Austin Scott.

He is running in a district that leans decidedly Republican, having been won by both George Bush and John McCain. But the district is held by Congressman Jim Marshall, a Democrat and my former law school professor.

If the GOP is going to take back Congress, it is going to have to take back this district. Jim Marshall is a card check sponsor and TARP supporter, among other things, but the local Republicans have gotten used to him.

Austin Scott needs a serious and immediate...

RED ALERT: Emergency in Alaska

has won the GOP nomiation for the United States Senate in Alaska. Looking at where the absentee ballots are coming from, etc., Murkowski is not going to be able to make it up. Sources close to Miller, Palin, and external media sources all seem to think Murkowski can't make up the difference.

But there is a problem.

The absentee ballots will not be counted for a week or so. Already there are rumors of "found" ballots. Murkowski is refusing to go away quietly, even allowing her...

Morning Briefing for August 26, 2010

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For August 26, 2010

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1. A RedState Mission: Get the Dems on Video

2. RED ALERT: Emergency in Alaska

3. Lessons for Conservatives From the Rick Scott Campaign

4. Democrats New Attack on Ken Buck: He Is Too Responsible

5. Obama admin gives illegal aliens backdoor amnesty

6. SC's Governor and VA's Attorney General: For The Children

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1. A RedState...

A RedState Mission: Get the Dems on Video

The other day in Ohio, House Republican Leader John Boehner said Mr. Obama should fire Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and economy adviser Larry Summers.

I agree. But what do Democrats in Congress think? Back in 2006, Democrats were demanding to get Republicans on the record about whether President Bush should keep Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense.

It's time to turn the tables. Go get your congress critter on video. Ask if he agrees with John Boehner that Barack Obama should ask...

Lessons for Conservatives From the Rick Scott Campaign

A lot of people are going to want to put their head in the sand and claim Rick Scott bought the Florida GOP's gubernatorial primary. The facts make it clear that this is nonsense.

Yes, Rick Scott did spend $40 million. But more than $20 million was spent just to attack Rick Scott. Scott spent his money not just drawing very sharp contrasts with Bill McCollum, but selling an actual agenda.

Scott ran as a conservative. He sold himself as a common sense businessman, as a pro-lifer, and as...

JOE-MENTUM

It looks like Santa Claus might be bringing us an early Christmas present from the North Pole precincts of Alaska.

Joe Miller is ahead of Lisa Murkowski, but it is close and could be weeks before all the absentee ballots are counted. The Murkowski people are desperate and I'm sure know a few rouge elves who can deliver up some "lost" ballot boxes.

But so far, so good for Joe — who even were he to lose pulled closer than any polling suggested.

Last night on CNN I suggested that Palin's...

Democrats New Attack on Ken Buck: He Is Too Responsible

This may be the dumbest attack ever leveled against a politician on either side of the aisle. Ever.

Senator Michael Bennet, in his desperate bid to beat Ken Buck, has come up with a new attack. Ken Buck, a sitting District Attorney, believes it is not right to keep drawing a taxpayer funded salary while spending a good portion of his time out of the office campaigning.

Bennet has seized on that act of responsibility to attack Buck as absent from his job, pointing out that he, Bennet, has...

Morning Briefing for August 25, 2010

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1. Marco Rubio is Solidly Ahead in Florida.

2. Rick Scott Wins

3. Charlatans and the Horse They Rode In On

4. Intel CEO Otellini: The Democrats Are Destroying our Economy

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1. Marco Rubio is Solidly Ahead in Florida.

An untrained observer, looking at the RCP Average of polling conducted in the Florida Senate race, might conclude...

Rick Scott Wins

It was one of the nastiest primaries anyone could remember in Florida. Scott and McCollum spent millions attacking each other — Scott with his own fortune and McCollum with a great deal of third party group money.

McCollum's campaign orchestrated stunt after stunt to highlight the baggage Scott would bring to the general election, but it was not enough.

Rick Scott, a conservative businessman and healthcare executive, won the Republican nomination — barely even losing to McCollum in McCollum's ...

Primary Open Thread

Take your pick.

You'e got Arizona, Vermont, Alaska, Florida, and runoffs in Oklahoma.

I suspect we'll be giving comment amnesty to people in Arizona tonight — within reason.