2 post in the House, he announced it on Red State. Eric Cantor of Virginia decided to run for minority whip, the party's No. Avid readers include Rush Limbaugh, former senator Fred Thompson and House Minority Leader John Boehner. They must brew a strong cup of joe there, because from his remote perch, Erickson has grabbed his party's power brokers by their elephant-stitched suspenders. The worldwide headquarters of his is a sleepy coffee shop in Macon, Ga., 700 miles from Washington. But the party's right wing tends to distrust anyone who's too comfortable inside the Beltway, which is partly why Erickson-White House visits aside-has built such a following. 4 election, the GOP is searching for new voices to spur a comeback. After suffering demoralizing losses in the Nov.
But when he arrived, the 33-year-old native Louisianan recalls, "they said, 'No, your appointment's at the West Wing.' At that point I knew Red State was kind of unique." Not wanting to presume, Erickson showed up at the Old Executive Office Building, where most staffers work. Erick Erickson, the editor of the influential conservative blog, knew he had arrived in politics two years ago when Tony Snow, the then White House press secretary, invited him to visit.
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