Tea ya later!

[colfax]

Sen. Jim DeMint (R,SC), founding member of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, resigned from the Senate yesterday to head the Heritage Foundation. Although DeMint's salary will be more, I think his influence will be lessened by the move which I think is part what DeMint (leader of the hate-Obama crowd) saw as a capitulation by House Leader Boehner to President Barack Obama.

 

[GordonGecko]

I listened to DeMint on Hannity's radio show....he tried to make the case he was going to Heritage to help "conservatives improve their messaging".

Then he proceeded to lay out the same simplistic pap phrases that the GOP was using BEFORE the election "Smaller government, more freedom, lower taxes don't hurt the jobs creators". Nothing, absolutely nothing new.

So either Heritage is buying a pig in a poke....DeMint is self-deluded about what his job will be....or it's about something else. Like Heritage USING DeMint to lobby Senators, same as any lobbying group buying themselves an ex-politician.

 

[jammer]

Can you blame him? As Senator he makes a measly $174,000 per year, he will make almost that a month as head of the Heritage Foundation. I disagree about his influence lessening with this move. he will now control the purse strings that a lot of rightwing congressmen depend upon for campaign contributions. DeMint has put himself in a position of saying to candidates "Tow our line or go elsewhere looking for funds." The republicons will kiss his ass to get the money.

 

[colfax]

Can you blame him? As Senator he makes a measly $174,000 per year, he will make almost that a month as head of the Heritage Foundation. I disagree about his influence lessening with this move. he will now control the purse strings that a lot of rightwing congressmen depend upon for campaign contributions. DeMint has put himself in a position of saying to candidates "Tow our line or go elsewhere looking for funds." The republicons will kiss his ass to get the money.

I think that $174k is only pocket change when compared with what his influence as a leading Senator bought. Likewise has salary at Heritage is non-consequential

 

[colfax]

I listened to DeMint on Hannity's radio show....he tried to make the case he was going to Heritage to help "conservatives improve their messaging".

"improve their messaging" is the way conservatives try to put lipstick on the huge pig that they lost
the Election

DeMint is self-deluded about what his job will be....or it's about something else. Like Heritage USING DeMint to lobby Senators, same as any lobbying group buying themselves an ex-politician.

I agree that Heritage is just making DeMint a Congressional lobbyist. Maybe they will attempt to use DeMint to save the Tea Party whose power was given a nearly fatal blow by the Election

 

[LeRoy_Was_Here]

"improve their messaging" is the way conservatives try to put lipstick on the huge pig that they lost
the Election

They are still in denial that it is their IDEOLOGY which lost them the election.