Posted on 04/15/2010 2:01:00 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint (R) threw his endorsement behind Weld County prosecutor Ken Buck (R) in the Colorado Senate race, the latest in a series of moves by DeMint to buck the Republican Party establishment in contested primaries.
DeMint called Buck "an authentic conservative" who has "rapidly gained momentum" in his primary fight against former lieutenant governor Jane Norton among others.
DeMint's endorsement comes roughly 24 hours after Americans for Job Security, a conservative independent group, began running ads touting Buck, and following a Norton announcement that she would forgo the state convention -- where Buck had emerged as a clear favorite -- and instead would petition her way onto the ballot.
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"Senator DeMint is helping strong conservative candidates around the country who have been overlooked by the Washington establishment," explained Matt Hoskins, an aide to DeMint.
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What's clear is that -- like him or not -- DeMint has rapidly built himself into a forced to be reckoned with in conservative circles. That heightened profile -- and the fact that DeMint is from the early-voting state of South Carolina -- have led some to speculate that a 2012 presidential race might be in the offing.
Not so, according to one longtime Republican DeMint observer. "This has nothing to do with running for president," said the source. "Jim DeMint doesn't want to lead a government he wants to lead a revolution."
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He’s got my vote.
I’ve been hoping he’ll get the nomination for years.
This is the way a leader emerges from the pack. There will be more leaders who will rise in the next year plus. And of the cream of the crop, We The People will choose the cream of the cream.
Do not throw all your support to one potential Presidential Candidate yet. Wait and watch.
Leaders rise. Losers like Obama don’t rise of themselves. There is a lot of hot air and money supporting losers like Obama, Reid, Dodd, Frank, Pelosi, etc.
I like DeMint. He fights/speaks/ ‘gets it’.
DeMint Bump!
The Buck starts here...
Do not throw all your support to one potential Presidential Candidate yet. Wait and watch.”
I concur. But I do believe that, by the grace of God, we WILL have DeMint as an option! I say that knowing the same thing that happened to Hunter could happen to him...and the ‘anybody-buts’ and ‘popular electabilities’ will be saying DeMint who?
The Tea Party folks appear to really respect him.
I agree with you. I wouldn’t mind a bit if Sen. DeMint were one of the choices, though, and I sent him an email and asked him to run for president. I like Sen. Thune, too, but I don’t know enough about him yet.
DeMint’s becoming a king-maker. I say good.
DeMint bump.
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