Jim Demint

Republican Jim DeMint, a leading conservative on Capitol Hill, is seeking his second term in the Senate. He represented South Carolina's 4th District in the U.S. House from 1999-2005. DeMint ran a market research company before he entered politics.

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Maverick Days Long Gone, McCain Among Most Conservative in Senate

By Tom Diemer

Onetime maverick John McCain ties for the top spot as the most conservative senator in new rankings by the National Journal. Granted, he shares the billing with seven other Republican senators but it ...

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Union Protests in Wisconsin Could Affect Obama's Chances in 2012

By Andrea Stone

WASHINGTON -- The protests in Wisconsin over Republican efforts to breach the last major bastion of organized labor -- state and local governments -- are likely to reverberate in the 2012 election. ...

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Obama Sends Religious Freedom Nominee Back to Senate Despite Concerns

By David Gibson

President Obama has re-nominated a New York pastor and motivational speaker, Suzan Johnson Cook, also known as "Dr. Sujay," to be his ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom despite ...

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Opinion: Obama's 'Morning in America' Speech

By Alan Colmes

Seeing New York Republican Congressman Peter King sit next to Democrat Anthony Weiner at the State of the Union speech on Tuesday reminded me of Thanksgiving at my house. Even if it's only once a ...

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Conservatives Ted Cruz, Michael Williams to Battle for Hutchison's Senate Seat

By Matt Lewis

The race to replace retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is already shaping up in Texas. On a call with conservative bloggers Wednesday morning, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz announced he ...

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