Jim DeMint Considering Endorsing Rand Paul
http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/storylink_1214_1167.aspx
US Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has begun to make a name for himself in national politics. Not content to pursue his own hard-line conservative course in the Senate, he has begun to encourage the election of Republicans of similar outlook across the nation.
DeMint has his own political action committee, the Senate Conservatives Fund, which is frequently at odds with the choices -- stated or assumed -- of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the GOP’s official body for electing members of the upper chamber.
In Florida's 2010 GOP Senate primary, DeMint endorsed conservative underdog Marco Rubio, a former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, against more moderate Gov. Charlie Crist. He is also backing senate candidate Chuck DeVore in California against the establishment candidate, John McCain enthusiast Carly Fiorina. And more recently, he endorsed long-shot Senate contender Michael Williams, a member of the powerful Texas Railroad Commission (it regulates oil and gas) and the state’s first African-American elected statewide. (Williams, as of Sept. 30, had only $118,000 in his campaign account.) DeMint is also considering endorsing Rand Paul in Kentucky’s GOP primary.
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http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/storylink_1214_1167.aspx
Demint = Recovering Neocon
He's a mixed bag. A lot of good, some bad.
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/jim_demint.htm
Voted YES on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
Voted NO on requiring FISA court warrant to monitor US-to-foreign calls. (Feb 2008)
Voted NO on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees. (Sep 2006)
Voted YES on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act. (Mar 2006)
Voted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)
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Not really any new news
Not really any new news here. Same speculation that's been going on for months.
I really do hope DeMint DOES Endorse Rand. I think he's waiting to make sure Rand can win -- That means Rand needs to raise $1 Million this quarter.
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If he does, I might vote for
If he does, I might vote for him should he run in 2012 and we have no one better.
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Rated conservative?
"DeMint is more conservative than his fellow South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, but the gap is not wide. National Journal rated DeMint 92 percent conservative in 2008, compared to 85 percent for Graham."
Lindsey Graham 85% conservative? The National Journal is absolutely bonkers.
He's 100% liberal on the issues that really matter.
all you need to know about
all you need to know about that rating is that Ron Paul was not considered in the top 20 most conservative in the House.
Ventura 2012
Lindsay Graham is a flat out liberal.....
...When he heard about the drug trade he shrugged his shoulders, said "there's nothing that can be done about that."
He allowed in the Patriot Act and the government to enlarge itself more enormous than King Kong's debut on the silver screen. A liberal on every issue, he does not even back the constitution of Gun Rights!!!!
Graham should have abandoned the neo-liberal nuts when he had the chance, he has no more backbone than none other than Senator Kit Bond. He's too easily fooled by financial bribes & was not awake at the crowning in of socialism.