Posted on 09/29/2010 10:59:12 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint last week accused his Senate Republican colleagues of doing “everything” in their power to help Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in campaign against GOP nominee Joe Miller.
And he pounded them in a fundraising solicitation for doing “business as usual,” just as he “thought Republicans in Washington were beginning to get the message.”
Turns out Republicans got his message — they just didn’t like it.
A number of Republican senators told POLITICO Tuesday that DeMint was skewing the GOP conference’s position solidly backing Miller, saying he was intensifying a rift within a party that’s trying to unite following a divisive primary season. And Republican leaders say DeMint’s decision to lay out to his supporters the debate about Murkowski in the closed-door meeting was a clear breach of protocol where senators don’t discuss private sessions between colleagues with outsiders.
“I personally think it’s very counterproductive,” said retiring Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri, scoffing at what he and other GOP senators see as DeMint’s apparent attempts to build his national profile at the expense of his colleagues.
Asked whether DeMint’s message was helpful to the Republican Party, Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison simply said: “No.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I think DeMint should replace Boner when we take control
With Demint.
It should read: Establishment RINOs Fear Demint.
Even though I don’t live in SC, I say:
You diss Jim DeMint, you diss me.
Name the people helping her and they will be our next target. I know hatch is one. I personally will be tap dancing when we drag him out of office.
That reminds me to send DeMint another $50 this month...Thanx!!
DeMint ping
Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s opinion really means alot. /sarc
DeMint has more character in his fingernail clippings than all of these RINO whiners put together. OUT with every last stinking one of them!
Demint is a senator and Boehner is a representative.
The RINOs are mad? Awwwww. Ask me if I give a rats rear end?
The fact that some GOP insider are troubled by DeMint is not sensational news. Nonetheless, it’s good news.
Who? If you mean Boehner, he's in the House.
If you mean McConnell, I agree.
This is the civil war in GOP meme pushed by the left (politico) and the RINOs (the other left)
notice no rino names mentioned. Want to bet it includes grahmnesty and mccain?
I might have found this interesting, but I don’t trust ANYTHING politico reports.
Anybody who speaks ill of Sen. DeMint is not on our side. Go Rogue Baby.
DeMint is great
is he currently in any leadership position at all? if not once this election is over he probably will be
Notice every GOPer they talk to is crusty and been there for 1,234 years? No wonder they’re upset with DeMint.
DeMint is going to have a whole bunch of like minded Senators come next year. Could be as many as 14.
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