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Erick Erickson (born June 3, 1975) is a politically conservative American blogger and editor-in-chief of the blog site RedState.com. From 2010–2013, he was a political contributor for CNN. Currently, he hosts "Atlanta's Evening News with Erick Erickson" broadcast on 750 WSB. ==Biography== Erickson was born in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates when he was five, and returned to Jackson when he was fifteen.〔http://erickerickson.blogspot.com/index.html#106970978929986363〕 Erickson attended the American School of Dubai, previously known as the Jumeirah American School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Erick-Woods Erickson )〕 His father worked for Conoco Oil〔http://raisinganamericanpatriot.com/Erickson_PDF.pdf〕 as an oil company production foreman. Erickson received a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and a law degree from Mercer’s Walter F. George School of Law and is an inactive member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia. Erickson was elected November 6, 2007 to a four-year term as a Republican member of the Macon, Georgia city council. He resigned his office on February 16, 2011, partway through his first term to pursue a job with WSB radio in Atlanta;〔 〕 The ''Macon Telegraph'' noted his poor attendance as a council member before his resignation. While he was in office, Macon police officers considered forming a union. To counter the formation of the labor union, Erickson urged that the police department be dissolved. Erickson's "Morning Briefing" e-mails grew from 498 subscribers when they began in February 2009 to nearly 70,000 by January 2010. The analysis from one of Erickson's "Morning Briefing" emails, just after the November 2009 election, was posted on the website of ''Human Events'', referred to on the website of ''The American Spectator'', and by Rush Limbaugh, and "fueled discussion later that morning at two influential weekly meetings of () D.C. conservatives", according to an article in the ''Washington Post''. The ''Post'' added, "The ability of a single e-mail to shape a message illustrates the power of the conservative network." The article described Erickson as one of the American conservative movement's "key national players".〔Markon, Jerry, ("New media help conservatives get their anti-Obama message out" ), February 1, 2010, ''Washington Post'', retrieved May 30, 2010〕 The ''Daily Telegraph'' of London put Erickson on its "List of Most Influential US Conservatives", giving him a rank of 69th most influential in 2007 and 65th in 2010.〔Hamden, Toby, ("The most influential US conservatives: 80-61" ), January 11, 2010, ''The Telegraph'', retrieved May 30, 2010〕 According to the 2007 newspaper article: "Erickson epitomises the new power of the internet. A small-government fiscal and social conservative based in the south, he taps into and influences the Republican 'base' that the GOP’s 2008 candidates are courting."〔Hamden, Toby, ("The most influential US conservatives 2007: 61-80" ), October 30, 2007, ''The Telegraph'', retrieved May 30, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erick Erickson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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