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Posted on 01/27/2011 3:55:51 PM PST by pissant
Jim DeMint would go for the presidency in 2012 if none of the other candidates were sufficiently conservative, CNN's Peter Hamby reports. The South Carolina senator has denied harboring such aspirations for a year, but in March, he's headed to Iowa. His closest advisers say DeMint has set a high bar for entering the GOP primary--he'll only step in if there's "a massive void" among the candidates.
DeMint, who was a major backer of Tea Party candidates, hasn't found a Republican 2012 candidate worth backing yet--aside from Rep. Mike Pence, who isn't well known and hasn't decided whether to run. Unlike in 2008, when he endorsed Mitt Romney early on, DeMint might not endorse anyone this cycle.
The national fanbase DeMint built during the 2010 primaries would help with fundraising, Hamby writes. He's also from at state that holds one of the most important primaries for Republicans.
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JD Ping
Is it true he backed Romney last time?
Run, Jim, run!
You already know that to be the case.
DeMint ping!
I really hope so and I hope he gets a full endorsement from Sarah Palin.
Please call his office and give him encouragement to run. I just did.
202-224-6121.
That would be a good thing.
Overall...things are looking okay...there are a lot more RINOs speculated to run than solid conservatives, so perhaps the RINOS will split the vote (Pawlenty, Romney, Gingrich, Huckabee).
What's going on?
Just this morning there was a thread that Jim Demint categorically stated that he will NOT run for president.
Right???
Well, whatever is going on, I think Pence dropping out and these suddenly yakking DeMint advisers are related.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2664135/posts
DeMint Says 'No' to 2012 Run for President
DeMint-Rubio 2012!
Strikes me as very strange, and it makes Demint look *odd* --- we'd already discussed WHY he might make such a decision so early on in the race.
LOL. He’s contemplating it.
I thought Jim Demint was... the cool intellectual type, not given to ... stuff like this?????
DeMint has nothing to do with the effort to draft him. Just as Bachamnn has nothing to do with the effort on her behalf. We just lost Pence. We are down to about 3 conservatives that are even toying with the notion of running. We better get at least 2 in the mix.
No, DeMint will not run.
He knows that he has no chance in a national contest, and he knows that he is not a good public speaker.
He also knows that his senate seat is probably good for life. He’ll make a great Senate leader when the Republicans take the majority through TEA Party candidates.
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