that erick erickson the head of the site would be selling endorsements if you're not up to speed eriksson's a hard line conservative radio host he's also a paid contributor to c.n.n. and after the e-mail basically this scheme was a key to play and doors meant solicitation and the pitch read erick erickson's reputation along with his rising profile combine to make a red state the most influential conservative blog on capitol hill and across america it continues why not put eric's influence to work for your organization our new a red state endorsement program includes and this is the best part video endorsement but it must be subject to final approval by our sponsorship of the red state morning briefing delivery of red state dedicated e-mail services hosted advertising on red state dot com and limited program availability wow i found a great deal doesn't it that when asked about the email eriksson's took irks and told politico that he had seen the solicitation before i went out right the head of a publishing group that runs red state is also backpedaling on the issue saying the erick erickson