Erick Erickson's Blog, page 237

What? What? I thought Sharron Angle was imploding.

I also thought she was a out there on social security.

That's what the Democrats have been telling us. Heck, that's what some Republicans have been telling us.

And then she went and produced this bit of brilliance. An imploding campaign does not produce stuff like this.

I like it.

Sharron Angle can we. We must help.

Morning Briefing for August 12, 2010

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For August 12, 2010

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1. Nancy Pelosi Wishes Everyone Well But Americans

2. A Note To Conservatives Who Wanted to Suck Up to the Quayle Family

3. Democrats: "Spending For Dummies"

4. Marco Rubio takes Harry Reid to task for Reid's latest racist slur

5. Progressive *snicker* Brilliance: Burn A Confederate Flag At A Tea Party

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1. Nancy Pelosi Wishes...

Nancy Pelosi Wishes Everyone Well But Americans

Here is Nancy Pelosi's twitter feed.

Today she wished Muslims celebrating Ramadan "joy, wisdom, and countless blessings."

On August 3rd, she wished the Sing Tao newspaper a happy 35th birthday.

On July 6th Nancy Pelosi wished the Dalai Lama a happy 75th birthday.

On July 4th the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives . . . oh, you've figured it out. Nancy Pelosi didn't do a darn thing on Twitter for the 4th of July — no "Happy Birthday America" or "God/Allah/Aqua Buddha bless...

Me vs. Michael Steele

Someone has started a silly rumor that I will be challenging Michael Steele for RNC Chairman thanks, in part, to RedState's tremendous win record so far this year in GOP primaries. Mixed into this rumor is the suggestion that I am somehow to be opposed because of my position on gun control.

To clear this up and stop more reporters from calling me, let me be clear: I bought my wife a shotgun for Christmas. I am a big advocate of learning how to control your gun when you mow down Disney style ...

Deal in Georgia

While we can question the wisdom of putting Nathan Deal up against Roy Barnes, that's what Republicans decided in Georgia last night and we'll respect their decision.

The Deal campaign ran a great runoff. The Handel camp ran a textbook runoff race, but came up about 2500 votes short.

This morning I'm told Karen Handel will be conceding the race. Republicans will now unite to beat Roy Barnes.

A Note To Conservatives Who Wanted to Suck Up to the Quayle Family

Look, I get it. Dan and Marilyn Quayle are tremendous people. So when they call and say you should back their son who is running for Congress, you tend to say okay.

But Ben Quayle is imploding. He did a "rent-a-family" mail piece purported showing him with his daughters, but he has none. Now, it turns out that Ben Quayle has a bit of a scandal on his hands.

He helped set up a website called The Dirty and wrote there under the name of a porn star about all the hot chicks at Scottsdale, AZ...

The Bill McCollum Campaign Looks Desperate and Dead to Integrity

"Here we have the Attorney General of Florida abusing his office to destroy a company all to help his standing in the polls."

Holy cow. I never would have thought I'd see Bill McCollum stoop to cheap political tricks to try to boost his poll numbers.

Short of putting a dead girl or live boy in Rick Scott's trunk, I don't think McCollum could have gone lower. Down in Florida, the sitting Attorney General of the state tried to use the powers of his office to destroy a company once owned by...

Morning Briefing for August 11, 2010

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For August 11, 2010

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1. Ken Buck Wins

2. The Bill McCollum Campaign Looks Desperate and Dead to Integrity

3. Ohio Democrats Attack Sean Hannity & John Kasich for Helping Soldiers' Children

4. Democrat Jack Conway Uses Racist Tyler Clay Collins to Smear Rand Paul

5. The Ground Zero Mosque and The Obama Administration

6. Obama vs. Obama - Afghanistan edition

Ken Buck Wins

On December 21, 2009, I asked a very simple question:

Why exactly must we support Jane Norton in Colorado instead of Ken Buck? I'm not saying I am or am not, but why must I? Lots of people think we must because the same guys in Washington who said Charlie Crist was our best hope in Florida say she is in Colorado.

The blowback was tremendous. Lots of people immediately accused me of trying to hand Colorado to the Democrats.

But like I did with Marco Rubio all the way back on March 19, 2009, and ...

Ohio Democrats Attack Sean Hannity & John Kasich for Helping Soldiers' Children

"Ohio Democrats are attacking an organization doling out $15 million to the children of fallen or wounded soldiers just to score cheap political points."

In a political season where every Democrat is bitterly clinging by fingernails to the electoral cliff, we may have reached a new low from Ohio.

Months ago a lady on the internet both Democrats and Republicans recognize is not quite playing in the same reality the rest of us are leveled a series of unsubstantiated attacks at Sean Hannity and h...