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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sen. Jim DeMint to Head Heritage Foundation [View all]
Source: Wall Street Journal
South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint will leave his post as South Carolina's junior senator in early January to take control of the Washington think tank, which has an annual budget of about $80 million.
Sen. DeMint's departure means that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican, will name a successor, who will have to run in a special election in 2014. In that year, both Mr. DeMint's replacement and Sen. Lindsey Graham will be running for reelection in South Carolina.
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Getting a cushy job in D.C. is the whole point of being in congress for most of these GOP
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#11
Oh, I'll bet he had this whole thing figured out long ago and was just waiting for The Offer.
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#25
Good point. Also, the GOP desperately needs female and minority faces in D.C.
factsarenotfair
Dec 2012
#21
Maybe he doesn't know that some of Obamacare comes from the Heritage Foundation.
iandhr
Dec 2012
#13