"Velcroids" are officials who form a Velcro-like attachment to President Bush at an event in Washington or on the road, sticking to him everywhere he goes in the hope of turning up next to him in newspapers or on television.
The acknowledged vizier of House velcroids is Sonny Montgomery, the Mississippi Democrat who has been a Congressman since Bill Clinton was a student at Georgetown.
1996 — Jerry Hayes, "Why I'm staying put", New Statesman & Society, 5 January 1996:
They are not a great deal different from the Tory velcroids who have made their mark toiling at the coal face of financial services, or screaming abuse in a council chamber along the Thames estuary.
2000 — Steven Burgauer, The Brazen Rule, iUniverse (2000), →ISBN, page 39:
Now, make no mistake about it, Flix, I very much want this appointment — indeed, I've already accepted it — but instead of just mechanically voting 'yes' every time those velcroids tell me to do so, I would very much like to make a more considered contribution.