Guests, feel free to register & join the discussion! This is great news as far as I'm concerned. The establishment brought us to the brink of an existential disaster. It is still there and still a force to be reckoned with (a negative force in my opinion), but the rise of conservative alternatives to that establishment will weaken that establishment, and strengthen liberty.
Go Jim DeMint. You are one of a handful in DC worth his salt.
DeMint's political operation could rival the NRSC next cycleSen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is already building an aggressive campaign machine for the 2012 Senate elections, promising to push his party further to the right, despite angering many in the GOP establishment with his political activities last year.
DeMint’s Senate Conservatives Fund wants to rake in a staggering $15 million, which is nearly $6 million more than in 2010 when his political action committee raised more money than any other politician’s PAC.
DeMint is now renting a Capitol Hill townhouse for his political operation — just a few blocks from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the official campaign arm for Senate Republicans. And unlike the NRSC, which plans to stay out of contested primaries, DeMint is prepared to be an active force, jumping into intraparty battles by pushing conservative candidates against moderate Republicans.
The buildup is the latest sign that DeMint has become the pre-eminent conservative political activist in the Senate, and he plans to push candidates whose ideological views align with his and the tea party movement’s — even if it sets up a major clash with the NRSC, which always looks for the most electable prospect...
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