Demint Tea Party

Michael McAuliff

Dems To DeMint: Portraying Lawmaker As A Conservative 'Like Putting Lipstick On A Pig'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.08.2012

While conservative kingmaker Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) mulls endorsing fresh Republican candidates for 2012, The Huffington Post has learned that Democ...

DeMint's New Book Highlights GOP-Tea Party Power Struggle

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.02.2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- As the Republican campaign to replace President Barack Obama heats up in early voting states like South Carolina, U.S. Sen. Jim DeMi...

Jim DeMint: Leading The Right's Rebel Brigade

TIME | Michael Crowley & Jay Newton-Small | Posted 05.25.2011

That brings us to the real question regarding DeMint and the Tea Party movement he has come to represent. Are they leading the Republican Party down t...

Jim DeMint Emerges As Conservative Superpower With His 'Disciples,' But Faces Big GOP Backlash

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint -- who has achieved superstar status among conservatives and emerged as a prominent face of the Tea Party movement -- r...

Jim DeMint: Tea Party Candidates Can Win Midterm Election Races

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint on Thursday dismissed worries by some of his fellow Republicans that tea party-backed politicians like Delaware Sen...

Jim DeMint Driving Tea Party To The Senate

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

While many might consider former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be the face of the Tea Party, when in comes to the 2010 midterm elections, it seems that S...

Jim DeMint Wants To Be Tea Party's Best Friend In Washington

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Jim DeMint is making a bid to be the tea party movement's best friend in Washington. It's hardly a coincidence that the South Carolina Republica...

Jim DeMint Rise Upends GOP Order

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Jim DeMint is becoming something of a tea party hero, even a potential conservative kingmaker, a status that is not making the fres...