Joe Biden

Biden's Office Complains After Reporter Ambush

Susan Crabtree | October 25, 2011, 9:47AM

Vice President Joe Biden

Vice President Joe Biden's office is none too pleased with a tricky reporter ambush of him that got ugly and went viral last week.

Biden, never one to shy away from reporters even after a career of headline-making gaffes and wisecracks, is drawing the line. Biden's office has complained to the Senate press gallery about a confrontation he had with a conservative reporter, The Hill reports.

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Erick Erickson

RedState Email Offered To Sell 'Video Endorsement' From Founder Erick Erickson

Benjy Sarlin | June 7, 2011, 11:57AM

RedState's Erick Erickson

Putting free market principles into practice, the owner of conservative blog RedState put founder Erick Erickson's endorsement up for sale in a recent advertising appeal.

The e-mail from the site's parent company, Human Events Group, promoted Erickson's influential voice with his right-leaning readers as part of a "new RedState Endorsement Program." Buyers could even score "Erick's Video Endorsement (subject to final approval by Erick)."

"Organizations with issues, candidates and viewpoints that are in line with Erick's positions can truly benefit from his endorsement," the email's author, account executive Chris McIntyre, wrote. "The program is specifically designed to provide broad, multi-channel coverage and put your message in front of the people who can truly support your advocacy and fund raising efforts."

Erickson took to his blog to assure readers that he had nothing to do with the promotion after Politico's Ben Smith broke the news of the e-mail.

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