I’ve thought a bit about this, this morning. And I see NO upside to this. I think this is terrible for the Conservative movement. I mean the Heritage Foundation sure hasn’t done anything, of late, to stem the Liberal tide.
I think this mutes his voice and takes him, almost completely, out of the equation. It also makes me wonder if he has given up on Conservatives ever taking the Senate back and if he knows that draconian filibuster reform is coming and just wants out.
This is bad, bad, bad, bad for us.
Any inside track on who Gov. Haley is gonna appoint?
All the Heritage Foundation has done lately has been to provide perfect cover for defenders of Obamacare (since it appears to be rooted in a white paper they wrote in 1994). Conservative Constitutionalists who are for an individual mandate? Shame on them.
Agreed. Has anyone heard Ed Feulner's name mentioned even once during this past election cycle?
I like the line from Erik Erickson at Redstate: Obi Wan Kenobi’s “if you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!”
DeMint is moving to a position of leadership and influence in the conservative movement. Both he and Palin will be recruiting candidates across the country.
Thanks to DeMint, we now have senators Toomey, Rubio, Cruz, Flake, Lee, Paul and Johnson. We could have had a senator Steelman but the people of Missouri failed to listen to Sarah. There would have been no rape issue if a woman had been the republican nominee in Missouri, which means we would have in all likelyhood have had a senator Mourdock as well.
DeMint knows the senate from the inside out, and knows the games they play. He can train candidates. And also, he won’t need to worry about any pressure to endorse his fellow senator from SC, Lindsay Grahamnesty in 2014.
And with a solid conservative as the governor of SC, we’ll get a solid replacement for him and we’ll be ready for two elections in SC in 2014.
I think this is a good thing. The conservative movement now has a leader. Let’s get behind him!
Give me a break.
DeMint can do great things at Heritage.
Providence holds great promise, there is a reason.
I think: “Jim DeMint, Chairman of the RNC” sounds good.