The grim side of DeMint’s move to Heritage
The bigger problem is the signal this sends about the prospects for the conservative movement for the next four years or so.
Two years into a six year term, DeMint decided there was nothing going on in the Senate worth sticking around for, at least in the near future – another four years of President Obama, another two to four years of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. No conservative reform likely to be enacted, no likely prospect of constructive compromise, nothing likely to get done. That is some depressing stuff there, brother.
We have a movement full of people who love their country and who are terrified of the course that it continues to careen along. We go to them, and we ask them for their votes, for their time, and for their money. And they give all of those. One of the things we have asked them to do is help elect lawmakers like Jim DeMint…
… and then DeMint sees something he wants to do more than serve in the Senate and suddenly he leaves without warning.
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Frankly I do not blame DeMint one bit leaving. The r’s in dc, for the most part(not all) are just as bad as the d’s and it doesn’t seem anything good happens for our Republic by anyone?
Just as boehner, he has zero testosterone to stand up to bho/for our nation/or for the voters who voted and funded him.
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letget on December 7, 2012 at 2:23 PM
The fact that DeMint doesn’t have 40+ like-minded Republicans who worked with him in the Senate is the reason this is all going to fail. We shouldn’t be panicked about the legislative absence of one man.
beatcanvas on December 7, 2012 at 2:24 PM
If the GOP would have nominated better, more conservative candidates they would control the Senate and would have won the Presidency.
Pablo Honey on December 7, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Who cares? Both parties are pigs at the trough and the firing of Derek Khanna by the GOP further reinforces it. I wish Jim well at his get-rich-quick Think Tank gig in well-heeled Washington.
Punchenko on December 7, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Boehner’s problem isn’t testosterone or incompetence, it’s corruption. The guy is as crooked as they come.
FloatingRock on December 7, 2012 at 2:26 PM
DeMint sees what’s going on. The GOP is getting ready to cave on everything (as they have been doing for the past 2 years, partly in an effort to stab the Tea Party in the back and partly because they’re just imbecilic cowards) and DeMint understands that he has no influence on this group of retards.
It’s sad to see a great Senator like DeMint go but this nation is in the end-game phase. It’s really time for a divorce from these leftist lunatics who have turned this nation into the American Socialist Superstate with their fundamental deformation. Let the lunatic left rot in the hellhole of their own making (I don’t deserve to be stuck with them or subject to their whims) and let conservatives re-establish a Constitutional American Republic. I share nothing with any dems or their anti-Western, retarded Indonesian Dog-Eater and I don’t want to be associated with them in any way, whatsoever.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 7, 2012 at 2:29 PM
I thinks he’s setting himself up for a potus run 2016.
Now he can wash his hands when it crashes “I tried to tell them what to do, but no they didn’t listen “.
the_nile on December 7, 2012 at 2:35 PM
We have no hope for our nation if we have r’s who are as crooked, liars, don’t give a flit about us as bho/d’s? The same results for total control of us seems to be the results both want?
I hate liars, thiefs, and hyprocrites, and it fits bho/d’s/and most r’s in dc!
BTW, I would like to say a thank you to all those who died and are still alive today on Pearl Harbor Day, 12/7/41, 71 years ago. There are precious few alive now.
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letget on December 7, 2012 at 2:35 PM
It’s quite possible he can do more to strengthen the conservative movement for 2014 and 2016 at Heritage than he could do by staying in the Senate. I am hopeful.
petefrt on December 7, 2012 at 2:36 PM
I wish! No, the problem is that Boehner is a vote-rigging, insider trading crook who has no intention of taking serious steps to address America’s problems, because Boehner is part of the problem. The GOP’s cronies thrive on big government the same way the Democrat cronies do, and many of the worst cronies own both parties.
FloatingRock on December 7, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Boehner loses Demint’s support. No big deal.
Boehner loses Heritage’s support. Ouch.
petefrt on December 7, 2012 at 2:38 PM
It may be depressing, but it is reality.
besser tot als rot on December 7, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Geesh, Mr. Geraghty, even Republicans hate conservatives.
Cindy Munford on December 7, 2012 at 2:41 PM
We should all walk away from the Republican Party just as DeMint has. Right now it has about as much worth as a spent condom. I hear new about what’s going on in DC and I couldn’t be more apathetic- it’s a foreign country to me.
Tea Party Now! Why wait till later when we’ll regret not having done it sooner?
sartana on December 7, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Right now, conservatives are losing the battle because they do not have a coherent message on why conservatism is better than what Obama is promising, and despite Fox News and guys like Rush, we only get our message to a very small part of the electorate, while the Left has basically every other outlet, plus a President who gets air time any time he wants it, even if it is fluff like yesterday’s photo op where he sat down with a middle class family at their kitchen table.
On Rush’s show yesterday, DeMint said that he wants to bring his marketing and market research expertise to use in getting out a conservative message.
Since one of our big problems right now is developing and presenting messaging that will help build support for Republicans and Republican policies among existing Republicans, Independents and (more conservative) Democrats, I think that DeMint’s engagement in this effort could be a good thing for the Republican Party.
Reno_Dave on December 7, 2012 at 2:42 PM
@the nile
How did quitting work out for Queen Quitter’s presidential bid? Get real. He’s leaving for money. Stop imbuing people who deliberate daily over how best to lie with dinner-table values.
Senators are among the most detached humans on the planet.
Capitalist Hog on December 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM
We’re now like East Germans who had the choice between Soviet Party-approved candidate “Nyet” and Soviet Party-approved candidate “Nyuk”.
On Boehner- there’s no way anyone is that spineless. They have some dirt on him. Issa’s another one who’s on the Dog-eater’s tight leash. Clueless or cowardly just doesn’t explain these two. There’s something else going on.
sartana on December 7, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Yup. Boehner has been warned.
Capitalist Hog on December 7, 2012 at 2:48 PM
DeMint’s been sh1t on by the Ayatollahs. Why would he stay in a dead and decaying party?
Why is ANY real conservative sticking with this dead and decaying party? They’ve given you nothing but heartache and an infinite string of broken promises.
And now – even the name “Republican” is damaged with the electorate at large.
You lost – move on to greener pastures. A new CONSERVATIVE party that no one can point to and say … “Hey that’s the party that gave us the financial collapse of 2007!” … “That’s the party that has no balls and folds on EVERYTHING!” … “That’s the party that stands for NOTHING but rich people and their interests!”
Move on already. Get past this. If you don’t – you’re just going to be in agony for the next four years as you watch the GOP implode and cave in on everything.
HondaV65 on December 7, 2012 at 2:54 PM
So he’s leaving the crony palace purely for money?!
We’ll see.
the_nile on December 7, 2012 at 3:02 PM
And if that were true, so?
Cindy Munford on December 7, 2012 at 3:02 PM
DeMint doesn’t want to get caught in the crossfire when the burning starts in earnest.
Washington Nearsider on December 7, 2012 at 3:18 PM
Meh, you shouldn’t be so focused on the Sen. The land has said good bye to her utmost freedom.
She has embraced stupidity. Let her go to Hades. It’ll be hot and bad there. She chose it freely. She deserves it fully.
I admire Sen. DeMint for going Galt. All can kiss is azz. The land is not worth him.
Schadenfreude on December 7, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Meow.
portlandon on December 7, 2012 at 3:27 PM
I just found this, true or not? Any know if this is a good move?
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/12/07/gov-nikki-haley-to-appoint-henry-mcmaster-to-us-senate/
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letget on December 7, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Well if this is true, then the RNC/McConnell/Reid will be celebrating.
Haley doesn’t appear to care for Tea Party Candidates or Conservatives despite being supported by Sarah Palin. She never would have won except for that. Similar to Bachmann as she didn’t appreciate Palin’s help either.
PJMedia says-McMaster was a prominent supporter of Haley in a contentious GOP primary. However, Wiki says this:
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the GOP nomination in the 2010 South Carolina gubernatorial election.[1]
Wiki on the 65 year old McMaster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_McMaster
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bluefox on December 7, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Have no idea how that posted. HA threads have been conflicting with my PC lately, probably script errors.
bluefox on December 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM