DeMint will leave Senate to head Heritage Foundation

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, an influential Republican who has helped prod his party rightward, will step down from his seat in January to become the next director of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/06/15729100-demint-will-leave-senate-to-head-heritage-foundation?lite

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leaves me wondering who will Haley pick to replace him.

Helix said:

leaves me wondering who will Haley pick to replace him.

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.....let him go hang out with Perkins. As long as his azz is out of Congress. This is a good thing!

he fell flat on his face attempting to get more right wing senators elected. The GOP LOST two seats despite all his efforts.

The Heritage Foundation is a good place for him, away from the Senate where he often blocked appointees and had a soapbox paid for by the taxpayers. Let Koch and company pay for it now.

I think he felt like he had lost his power and hold over his fellow Republicans and I don't think he could face that day after day.

Oh well....

notquiteright said:

he fell flat on his face attempting to get more right wing senators elected. The GOP LOST two seats despite all his efforts.

The Heritage Foundation is a good place for him, away from the Senate where he often blocked appointees and had a soapbox paid for by the taxpayers. Let Koch and company pay for it now.

I think he felt like he had lost his power and hold over his fellow Republicans and I don't think he could face that day after day.

Oh well....

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there's also this :

In 2010, Fuelner earned a total compensation (including bonuses and incentives) of $1,098,612. His base salary was $477,097. The annual salary for a senator: $174,000.

Jim DeMint leaving the Senate

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not that i fault him on the money side. don't we all want a better salary?

i don't doubt that he also thinks he will have a better bully pulpit as the head of a major conservative think tank than he would have as one senator.

Helix said:

leaves me wondering who will Haley pick to replace him.

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Well, you would think that would raise the collective intelligence level of the U.S. Senate, regardless of who the replacement is.

Its nice to see the slightly liberal follows with the radical liberal in presenting personal attacks on an individual for their beliefs rather then being able to challenge them on issues. Sweet.

Wiggen said:

Well, you would think that would raise the collective intelligence level of the U.S. Senate, regardless of who the replacement is.

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The man has always been, is now, and will continue to be an embarrassment to the political process. He's a right wing loon.

Hmm. Didn't expect this.

Looks like it taking out the garbage time. It appears the tea party types see the writing on the wall and have no future in Congress.

head of joaquin said:

Looks like it taking out the garbage time. It appears the tea party types see the writing on the wall and have no future in Congress.

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I think the Feds already Did that with Jesse Jackson jr. But don't worry the Demos have the Convicted Sex offender Mel Reynolds to run for his Office. Plus they even have the Felon Banks from out of Detroit. Wonder how that Writing on the Wall looks.....huh?

Should have been that ***** Graham.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the Washington Post put out a piece on this and quoted Tevi Troy from National Affairs on the change in certain think tanks over the years. Troy was critical of the Heritage Foundation as well as the Center for American Progress as being too explicitly arms of each respective political party, in comparison with dispositionally political think tanks such as Brookings or AEI.

Washington think tanks have undergone a transformation. Today, while most think tanks continue to serve as homes for some academic-style scholarship regarding public policy, many have also come to play more active (if informal) roles in politics. Some serve as governments-in-waiting for the party out of power, providing professional perches for former officials who hope to be back in office when their party next takes control of the White House or Congress. Some serve as training grounds for young activists. Some serve as unofficial public-relations and rapid-response teams for one of the political parties — providing instant critiques of the opposition’s ideas and public arguments in defense of favored policies.

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Jim DeMint and the death of think tanks

PerfectStorm said:

Should have been that ***** Graham.

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Nah.....we need him Right now as the Thorn Twisting in Obama and Rice's Side. Which he can keep the pressure on Collins to stand against any Rice nomination for SOS. With Ayotte that's another woman against Rice. Plus Collins even mentioned she would have to go thru Rice's Screw Up with Darfur and Somalia.

After Rice has no Chance then he can hit pasture!

Helix said:

leaves me wondering who will Haley pick to replace him.

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Here are five choices from the left, Think Progress, and from the right, The Blaze


Think Progress
1: Rep. Tim Scott
2: Governor Nikki Haley
3: Former Attorney General Henry McMaster
4: State Sen. Tom Davis
5: Rep. Joe Wilson


The Blaze
1: Rep. Tim Scott
2: Governor Nikki Haley
3: Rep. Mick Mulvaney
4: Former South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster
5: Rep. Trey Gowdy


I find it interesting that the two sites have the same two people in first and second place along with the former state AG in 3rd with Think Progress and 4th on the Blaze

Somerville said:

Here are five choices from the left, Think Progress, and from the right, The Blaze


Think Progress
1: Rep. Tim Scott
2: Governor Nikki Haley
3: Former Attorney General Henry McMaster
4: State Sen. Tom Davis
5: Rep. Joe Wilson


The Blaze
1: Rep. Tim Scott
2: Governor Nikki Haley
3: Rep. Mick Mulvaney
4: Former South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster
5: Rep. Trey Gowdy


I find it interesting that the two sites have the same two people in first and second place along with the former state AG in 3rd with Think Progress and 4th on the Blaze

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i appreciate the links.

This is a shifting from the election. Some really really rich people are extremely pissed as they ought to be. They spent insane money and were lied to from beginning to end right up to when they lost all that invested money... as they were being told that all the polls were wrong except the ones showing Romney winning. This wasn't a mistake... people were lied to and they are powerful and awfully angry.

DeMint isn't getting hurt by this fallout though, he is just taking a financial advantage from the effects of the fallout. Karl Rove is benched by Fox and Dick Armey is marched out off his role at FreedomWorks.

How does this all tie together? FreedomWorks and DeMint's new position at Heritage Foundation... they are all just bull**** fronts for the Koch Brother's power grab into politics.




The K brothers are pissed and want some retribution for their investment losses while being lied to. DeMint is merely stepping out of office to take some Koch money. It's becoming Republican's favorite pasttime anymore. Almost any conservative organization you hear of will inevitably lead back to the Koch Brothers... or Rupert Murdoch. It is a very tiny minority that is pressing a well funded message.

FreedomWorks
Heritage Foundation
Cato Institute
Americans for Prosperity (as has been noted before as the "tea party's wallet")

...all rooted with the Koch brothers. (although I will admit that the cato institute is actually fighting it. Good on them).

CalGun said:

Its nice to see the slightly liberal follows with the radical liberal in presenting personal attacks on an individual for their beliefs rather then being able to challenge them on issues. Sweet.

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Pick any issue that man supports and I can challenge it just fine. (and no cheating and going with some vague happy sounding thing like "more freedom" or "fix the economy" Needs to be a specific policy)

So how about a balanced budget - I guess you don't think we should have a balanced budget?

Deuce said:

Pick any issue that man supports and I can challenge it just fine. (and no cheating and going with some vague happy sounding thing like "more freedom" or "fix the economy" Needs to be a specific policy)

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CalGun said:

So how about a balanced budget - I guess you don't think we should have a balanced budget?

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Please tell us what workable plan Sen DeMint has to do that simple phrase?

I personally don't see a Senator leaving Congress for money, DeMint was a leader in the Senate and that is POWER. I forget who said every Senator brushes his teeth in the morning convinced he sees the next President staring back in the mirror. Money has a way of warping a man's world view and stroking his ego but power is the true addictive drug.

Demint will lead the government in waiting but I don't think his brand of governance will be back in vogue soon, and that will be his ego's kidney stone....

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Please tell us what workable plan Sen DeMint has to do that simple phrase?

I personally don't see a Senator leaving Congress for money, DeMint was a leader in the Senate and that is POWER. I forget who said every Senator brushes his teeth in the morning convinced he sees the next President staring back in the mirror. Money has a way of warping a man's world view and stroking his ego but power is the true addictive drug.

Demint will lead the government in waiting but I don't think his brand of governance will be back in vogue soon, and that will be his ego's kidney stone....

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likely for money
understand his net worth when he ran was $65,000
this new position will allow him to run with the big dogs

could be to avoid ethics inquiries. no, i don't know of any that are pending, or even with basis. but speculating because we seldom know of the quiet investigation until after it has concluded

and nikki should take a page out of cheney's playbook and select herself as interim senator

but good riddance to trash taking itself out

CalGun said:

So how about a balanced budget - I guess you don't think we should have a balanced budget?

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That's not a specific policy. Balance it how? What plan has DeMint proposed to do that?

See, I knew you were going to cop out.