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Jim DeMint: 'I Need Some New Republicans' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) sees himself as something of a kingmaker in the Republican Party, and is actively supporting very conservative candidates run...

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DeMint To Endorse Michael Williams For Texas Senator

The Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Conservative South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R) will endorse Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams' Senate candidacy later today, a move design...

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Tea Party Movie Premieres With Congressional GOP In Attendance (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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Tea Party activists got to play the part of the glitterati Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC, where FreedomWorks debuted...

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DeMint: I Wish I'd Said 'You Lie' To Obama

Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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Glenn Thrush reports for Politico that at the premiere of a new documentary from FreedomWorks about the Tea Party Movement, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) s...

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Obama Appointments: This Day In Pointless Obstruction

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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If you thought that the filibuster was the only means by which senators could engage themselves in self-indulgent and pointless political warfare, thi...

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Republicans File Constitutional Amendment Limiting Bills to 5 Pages

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.11.2009 | Comedy

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The battle for the soul of the Republican Party is over. Conservatives and the moderate have come together behind a constitutional amendment that would prohibit Congress from passing any bill longer than five pages.

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DeMint: GOP Should Vote Against Bill Without Public Option (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Even if a public option is removed from the Senate's health care legislation, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is urging all Republicans to kill the bill -- l...

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Arturo Valenzuela Confirmed as Asst. Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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After a long, messy battle between Senator Jim DeMint and the Obama administration, Senator DeMint removed his holds on two key administration appointees.

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Senator LeMieux On Wrong Track with anti-Cuba Political Action Committee and State Department Hold

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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Kind of sad when you see a Freshman US Senator get appointed and immediately hijacked by lobbying groups who have deeply parochial interests that run against the nation's.

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Jim DeMint On Health Care Reform: "Everyone Can Show Up At The Hospital" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was caught off guard when pressed about health care in Washington D.C. earlier this week. In footage of the incident poste...

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GOPers: DeMint Like A Jew "Watching Our Nation's Pennies"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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The two South Carolina Republican chairmen who compared Sen. Jim DeMint to a penny-watching Jew have apologized for the remark. DeMint himself called ...

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The Rio Games -- And Those GOP Games

Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Why was the GOP so elated with Chicago's Olympic failure? Was it the joy in avoiding the inevitable cost overruns? The security concerns? Or was it enough that Obama had failed?

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Rep. McCotter: DeMint-Type Ideologues Are "Nuts"

Think Progress | Lee Fang | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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On Saturday, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) discussed the direction of the GOP in an address to the Republican Northeast Conference in Newport, RI. McC...

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Giving Aaron Schock a Pass on Honduras and DeMint

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

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I suspect that Rep. Schock is going down to check out what is real and what is not in the mess of the Honduras coup and its aftermath -- but Jim DeMint is going down to "meddle."

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DeMint Honduras Trip Planned In Defiance Of U.S. Policy

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed president told a U.S. congressional delegation Friday that full civil liberties would be restor...

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America Needs A True Revolution Of Values

David A. Love | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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Who made Carrie Prejean and Mike Huckabee the experts on values? What can Sen. Jim DeMint, Bill O'Reilly or Rep. Michele Bachmann teach me on the subject?

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Republicans Dominate Twitter, Accounts Double The Dems'

Politico | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

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Nearly twice as many Republicans as Democrats have accounts on the social networking platform Twitter (101 compared with 57), and the GOP dominates Tw...

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God Sues Congress

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy

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"I decided to sue when My communications to humans were ignored by the few whose personal agendas were believed by the many," God said.

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On Wednesday, the President Has to Move the Health Care Debate from a Marketplace of Lies to a Marketplace of Ideas

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

If outright lies end up killing health care reform, the Republicans will have won, but, more importantly, the American people will have lost.

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DeMint Encourages Health Care Fears At Town Halls

New York Times | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who predicted that President Obama's effort to overhaul the health care system would become his "Wat...

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Sen. Jim DeMint Says America "Headed" To Becoming Like Iran

ThinkProgress.org | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) appeared on Hugh Hewitt's radio show today to continue his near daily rants against President Obama. DeMint, who has repeatedly...

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Republicans Work To Sweep The Leg Of Health Care Reform (VIDEO)

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 09.07.2009 | Comedy

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There are actual facilities where right wingers can go to practice and hone their yelling and disrupting skills. We have obtained footage from one such facility. Take a look.

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Idle Speculation: Mel Martinez Is Retiring Early Because He Supports Marco Rubio

Dan Sweeney | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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With Martinez retiring, it will be up to Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for Martinez's Senate seat, to name a replacement. This puts Crist in an impossible position and is great news for Marco Rubio.

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Jon Stewart's Salute To South Carolina: Bestiality, Adultery, Racism, And Lindsey Graham (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 09.03.2009 | Comedy

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It's been a rough couple of years for South Carolinians: Their governor disappeared for a week then admitted to an affair that he wouldn't shut up abo...

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GOP To Oppose 'Cash For Clunkers' Bill In Senate

thehill.com | Posted 09.02.2009 | Green

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will lead Republican opposition to the popular cash-for-clunkers program in an attempt to block additional funding when it ...

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