Tom Price for Conference Chairman

By Erick Erickson | 11:24 AM on November 08, 2012

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Tom Price is the former Republican Study Committee Chairman who is now running for conference chairman within the House Republican Conference.His opponent is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington State. She has a HAFA score of 56%,

10 points lower than the House Republican average. Rep. Price, however, a 78% score, twelve points higher than the House Republican average.Speaker Boehner is pushing McMorris Rodgers because he thinks the face and voice of the conference should be from the left of the House GOP conference.A buddy of mine supporting Congressman Price called earlier to let me know Jeb Hensarling and Paul Ryan are both supporting Tom Price. One of the other congressional offices also sent along a video Congressman Price prepared for his bid. It’s worth taking a look:

Believe it or not, these fights matter. If you talk to your Republican congressman, ask him/her to support Congressman Tom Price for Conference Chair.Let’s not go wobbly. We know our ideas work. We know Tom Price knows our ideas work.