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Owner59 -> RE: Jim DeMint to leave Senate (12/7/2012 12:53:54 PM)
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Chastened Tea Party Leader Resigns From Senate
"DeMint was supposed to be the savior of the Republican Party, the crusader who was going to lead the GOP to victory in both chambers of Congress. Instead, a series of electoral defeats in both 2010 and 2012 brought the party a diminished presence. DeMint had a habit of backing candidates who were so extreme they weren’t electable in their home states. Think Sharron Angle of Nevada and Christine O’Donnell of Delaware in 2010; then Todd Akin of Missouri–even after his infamous “legitimate rape” remark–and Richard Mourdock of Indiana–who thinks that a pregnancy as the result of rape is a “gift from God”–in 2012."
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