Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson of RedState, whose stature in the conservative movement has risen with the Doug Hoffman insurrection, blasts out an announcement of a second anti-health care bill protest on the steps of Congress. Whole e-mail after the jump:

Crack intelligence reporter Erick Erickson posted that he was hearing “a very credible rumor” that CIA Director Leon Panetta has “dispatched a resignation letter to Barack Obama on vacation.” And what the hell, I figured I’d chase it. People are speculating that Panetta’s on the verge of quitting over the Holder torture probe, a prospect [...]

“I’m one of the only people Barack Obama is helping, other than gravediggers.”
- Erick Erickson, managing editor of RedState.com, speaking at RightOnline.

From RedState’s Erick Erickson, who really doesn’t love Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
McConnell is, in his mind, Darth Vader — the man who oversaw the loss of two Death Stars and in the end betrayed his own side.
In this analogy, I think Sen. Ben Nelson (R-Neb.) is Lando Calrissian.

The conservative site sends a message to its members, penned by Erick Erickson:
Get on the phone ASAP. The vote has not happened and it looks like it won’t until next week. Why? Because we are bringing pressure to bear and the Democrats are having a very hard time keeping a majority on the legislation.
We absolutely [...]

The record is skipping at the Grand Old Party.
As David Weigel recently reported, conservative bloggers and activists are stoking a rebellion among Republicans who are fed up with the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s willingness to back so-called “liberal” candidates like Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter — who is now a Democrat, [...]

John Hawkins of Right Wing News has gotten a number of A- and B-list conservative bloggers to co-sign an open letter to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a reaction to last week’s endorsement by the group of Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) in the Florida U.S. Senate race.
We the undersigned believe that the National Republican Senatorial [...]

Two tweets by RedState.com’s Erick Erickson reveal the trickiness of portraying the Tea Parties as grassroots events. At 9:03:
Speaking at the Macon #teaparty today then headed to speak at the Atlanta #teaparty before being on with Hannity at 9:30 #TCOT