DeMint's Influence on Display in Labor Day Event
The Columbia forum will be the first with all of the GOP frontrunners since Perry joined the race.
The idea that U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint could lead an event such as the Palmetto Freedom Forum seemed very unlikely during the last election cycle. DeMint (R-S.C.) had alienated the mainstream of the Republican Party by endorsing and helping raise money for insurgent candidates like Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Pat Toomey. But when they defeated more established — if somewhat less conservative — incumbents, DeMint suddenly found himself being called a “kingmaker” and surpassing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as the most influential politician in South Carolina. Now, that he has attained a level of power, DeMint has shown a willingness to use it, with the Freedom Forum on Labor Day being a case in point. The Forum has been organized by the American …
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Robert Shelley
3:52 pm on Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Jim Demint is a fool. He has not done one piece of legislation during his term(s) in office. Ask anyone that knows Jim Demint personally and they will tell you he is a real loser. more ›