Topic: DeMint's political operation could rival the NRSC next cycle

[IronDioPriest]

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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 cycle

Sen. 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...

Read more @ thepolitico...

[trapeze]

This is what leadership looks like.

You see the establishment "leadership" going over the cliff. You not only refuse to join them but you raise the alarm and when they keep going you start up your own organization to counter them.

And they call McCain a maverick.

[John Florida]

This is what leadership looks like.

You see the establishment "leadership" going over the cliff. You not only refuse to join them but you raise the alarm and when they keep going you start up your own organization to counter them.

And they call McCain a maverick.

  Maverick FEH & MEH.  DeMint's the man!!

[Libertas]

I like everything I am hearing, but choosing not to challenge Snowe if a better candidate could be had?     And laying off Lugar if he runs again?   

[Glock32]

And unlike the NRSC, which plans to stay out of contested primaries

Uhh, right. Someone should let Joe Miller and Christine O'Donnell and Sharron Angle know.

[trapeze]

I quit giving to establishment Republican organizations years ago when the border issue heated up and they refused to do anything about it. That was when they were still in power. McCain and and his boy sidekick Graham calling conservatives racists and xenophobes. Hubris.

Well, since then my contributions have gone only to specific candidates.

Now that DeMint is cranking this up I might have to start sending him money. I will think about it.

But the NRSC and the RNC can go pound sand.

[AmericanPatriot]

Go Jim Go

[John Florida]

I quit giving to establishment Republican organizations years ago when the border issue heated up and they refused to do anything about it. That was when they were still in power. McCain and and his boy sidekick Graham calling conservatives racists and xenophobes. Hubris.

Well, since then my contributions have gone only to specific candidates.

Now that DeMint is cranking this up I might have to start sending him money. I will think about it.

But the NRSC and the RNC can go pound sand.

 They called the other day asking again and again I told them to take me off the effing list.I'll give to the persons I see as fit.

[Libertas]

I quit giving to establishment Republican organizations years ago when the border issue heated up and they refused to do anything about it. That was when they were still in power. McCain and and his boy sidekick Graham calling conservatives racists and xenophobes. Hubris.

Well, since then my contributions have gone only to specific candidates.

Now that DeMint is cranking this up I might have to start sending him money. I will think about it.

But the NRSC and the RNC can go pound sand.

 They called the other day asking again and again I told them to take me off the effing list.I'll give to the persons I see as fit.

 

That's my approach.  I'll have to see who DeMint comes out for before I cut a check that direction.  But bottom line, I like going direct.  At least I know I did my homework!

[John Florida]

I quit giving to establishment Republican organizations years ago when the border issue heated up and they refused to do anything about it. That was when they were still in power. McCain and and his boy sidekick Graham calling conservatives racists and xenophobes. Hubris.

Well, since then my contributions have gone only to specific candidates.

Now that DeMint is cranking this up I might have to start sending him money. I will think about it.

But the NRSC and the RNC can go pound sand.

 They called the other day asking again and again I told them to take me off the effing list.I'll give to the persons I see as fit.

 

That's my approach.  I'll have to see who DeMint comes out for before I cut a check that direction.  But bottom line, I like going direct.  At least I know I did my homework!

 I'm still pissed over N.Y.23.

[Libertas]

Yeah, I hear ya.

No matter how much The Butthead and the rest of the Rovian stooges hope their betrayals go down the memory hole, many of us will not forget or forgive!

 

[charlesoakwood]

Heck, you may only donate 5k to Jim. So, you just send him a check then go ahead send your favorites a check also. Double your money double your fun.