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Sen. Jim DeMint to Head Heritage Foundation (leaving US Senate in January)
WSJ ^

Posted on 12/06/2012 7:31:44 AM PST by Perdogg

South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint will leave his post as South Carolina's junior senator in early January to take control of the Washington think tank, which has an annual budget of about $80 million.

Sen. DeMint's departure means that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican, will name a successor, who will have to run in a special election in 2014. In that year, both Mr. DeMint's replacement and Sen. Lindsey Graham will be running for reelection in South Carolina.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 112th; demint; feulner; goinggalt; heritagefoundation; jimdemint; retirement; whoisjohngalt
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1 posted on 12/06/2012 7:31:50 AM PST by Perdogg
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To: upchuck

This is terrible news


2 posted on 12/06/2012 7:33:14 AM PST by Perdogg (Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA4) for President 2016)
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To: Perdogg

NOOOOO!!!!


3 posted on 12/06/2012 7:33:57 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: Perdogg

I’m not sure how to take this news.


4 posted on 12/06/2012 7:34:09 AM PST by HOYA97 (twitter @hoya97)
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To: Perdogg

whoa - wha?


5 posted on 12/06/2012 7:34:19 AM PST by corkoman (Release the Palin!)
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To: Perdogg

He will be greatly missed.


6 posted on 12/06/2012 7:34:55 AM PST by tennmountainman
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To: Perdogg

Maybe he’s making inroads for a run at the White House in ‘16.

I hope so.


7 posted on 12/06/2012 7:35:09 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Perdogg

He didn’t want to run again in 2010. The only reason he did was to hold that seat for Coservatives and hope that they would get a majority in the Senate and the House.

He and his wife need the break from all the crap that goes with politics and they’ve sure earned it.


8 posted on 12/06/2012 7:35:19 AM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Perdogg

Does he feel that he can be more of a factor at Heritage, or is he just tired of battling in the Senate?


9 posted on 12/06/2012 7:35:19 AM PST by MNGal
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To: Perdogg
I can understand Senator DeMint's abject frustration with this body of anal orificies. But we need more people like him at the levers of power, not less.
10 posted on 12/06/2012 7:35:19 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Perdogg

Congrats to Senator Tim Scott (R)


11 posted on 12/06/2012 7:36:03 AM PST by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

Now that would be a great pick.


12 posted on 12/06/2012 7:37:23 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: Perdogg; Big Giant Head

Noooooooo! We need him!


13 posted on 12/06/2012 7:37:23 AM PST by Marie Antoinette (:)
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To: Rashputin

Any watercooler guesses as to his appointed replacement?


14 posted on 12/06/2012 7:38:10 AM PST by txhurl (Zero on America: Drive it like you stole it)
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To: Perdogg

He may be more effective at Heritage than he could be in the Senate. And it opens up a slot for a new young senator. How about Trey Gowdy?


15 posted on 12/06/2012 7:38:10 AM PST by tentmaker (Galt's Gulch is a state of mind...)
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To: MNGal


The fix is in.
16 posted on 12/06/2012 7:38:29 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Perdogg

Not a good sign at all.

DeMint is far smarter than the average bear. Obviously he has assessed the lay of the land and determined that if he stays in the Senate he is going to be awash in Leftist chuckleheads and GOP quislings for the rest of his natural life.


17 posted on 12/06/2012 7:42:50 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: jimbo123

McConnel looks like a turtle in that picture.


18 posted on 12/06/2012 7:43:13 AM PST by MNGal
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To: Perdogg

Either way I just hope the republicans have their act together come 2014 because the SEIU is going to put boots on the ground in Carolina to capture those seats.


19 posted on 12/06/2012 7:43:51 AM PST by Rappini (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: Perdogg

Erik Eriksson is in for Neal Boortz

Erik said Jim will be on Rush today...


20 posted on 12/06/2012 7:43:51 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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