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Title: Jim DeMint Won’t Seek Presidency In 2012 (May Endorse Ron or Rand Paul)
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FITSNews
URL Source: http://www.fitsnews.com/2011/03/24/ ... -wont-seek-presidency-in-2012/
Published: Mar 24, 2011
Author: fitsnews
Post Date: 2011-03-24 21:43:13 by Hondo68
Keywords: endorsement of U.S. Rep. Ron P, or his son, U.S. Sen. Rand Pau, Senate Conservatives Fund
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As expected, U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012 -- a move that keeps South Carolina's "First in the South" primary in play. A spokesman for DeMint's "Senate Conservatives Fund" confirmed the decision with The Washington Post on Thursday. "He's said all along that he isn’t running for President and his role in the primary is to encourage the candidates to embrace conservative principles," Matt Hoskins told the Post's Chris Cillizza. Two months ago, an unnamed DeMint advisor told CNN that the Tea Party favorite had not "completely shut the door on running" for president, but said that his chances of jumping into the race were only "five percent." That's why this announcement isn't all that surprising ... While it won't have a seismic impact on the race at the national level, DeMint's decision will have huge repercussions on the 2012 S.C. Republican Presidential Primary. According to a January poll, DeMint would have carried his home state had he run. With him out of the race, the Palmetto state is wide open -- with Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin looking like the early favorites. DeMint has had plenty of kind words for Palin in recent weeks, but several sources tell FITS that the fiscally conservative champion is also considering an endorsement of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul -- or his son, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (who paid a recent, high-profile visit to the Palmetto state). We're obviously big fans of DeMint -- who we consider to be one of the only politicians in America who walks the walk on real reform and is willing to hold other "Republicans" accountable for their actions (and inaction). Still, as much as we'd like to see him run, we support DeMint's decision. As we said a few months ago, "we think DeMint is best served by remaining in his current role as a fiscal conservative leader in the U.S. Senate – and an aggressive campaigner on behalf of fellow fiscal conservatives around the country." Apparently he feels the same way ...
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
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ditto. DeMint is great and so are the Paul's.
We're obviously big fans of DeMint -- who we consider to be one of the only politicians in America who walks the walk on real reform and is willing to hold other "Republicans" accountable for their actions
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
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