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Subscribe to RSSThe Senate Conservatives Fund, the political action committee founded by retiring Sen. Jim DeMint R-SC) had a VERY MIXED record when backing Senate candidates.
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Sen. Jim DeMint, R-SC, speaks during The Family Research Council (FRC) Action Values Voter Summit on Sept. 14, 2012 at a hotel in Washington, DC.
Related: DeMint will leave Senate to head Heritage Foundation
Out of the 20 candidates the organization gave money to, 15 won their primaries -- but just seven won the general election.
The winners included Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz.
The losers included Sharron Angle, Christine O'Donnell, Ken Buck, and Richard Mourdock.
Total candidates receiving funds from Senate Conservatives Fund: 20
Total who won primaries: 15
Total who won general election: 7
2010
Marlin Stutzman - IN - lost primary
Sharron Angle -- V -- won primary, lost general
Ken Buck -- CO -- won primary, lost general
Chuck Devore -- CA -- lost primary
Ron Johnson -- WI -- won primary, won general*
Ovide Lamontagne -- NH -- lost primary
Mike Lee -- UT -- won primary, won general*
Joe Miller -- AK -- won primary, lost general
O'Donnell -- DE -- won primary, lost general
Paul -- KY -- won primary, won general*
Raese -- WV -- won primary, lost general
Rossi -- WA -- won primary, lost general
Marco Rubio -- FL -- won primary, won general*
Pat Toomey -- PA -- won primary, won general*
2012
Ted Cruz -- TX -- won primary, won general*
Jeff Flake -- AZ -- won primary, won general*
Josh Mandel -- OH -- won primary, lost general
Richard Mourdock -- IN -- won primary, lost general
Mark Neumann -- WI -- lost primary
Don Stenberg -- NE -- lost primary
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DeMint is gone...The beginning of the end of the Tea Potty
Santa gives us an excellent gift..just as 21 years ago, the end of Soviet Union near Christmas, Santa's gift too - banishing Satan
.
Santa, Thank you;
Satan, go away (by Satan, I mean the Soviet union, not Mint, DeMint, that is).
This is Santa's naughty list.
P.S. - With DeMint gone, Tea Party will be suffering from DeMintia.
I love your wit, miss piggy!
the admiration is mutual, AlaskaGirl
Awwwww, shucks! HaHa!
No more (de) Mint in the tea. How wonderful.
More and more extremists will bite the dust or the Republican party will bite the dust. Apparently they are deciding which way to go but still have a long way before all the tea bags are gone.
Jr Mints:
7 win
13 lose
Not such a good record.
Senator DeMint is definitely not a person I like representing my state and am glad to see him gone from the scene.
But Ms. Pigotry, Alaska Girl, Feisty Redhead and the likes of all of you, you are the left-wing nutjobs that give the right-wing nutjobs hope. Be shrill in your rhetoric and they continue, be moderate and we, Democrats, have an excellent chance of controlling both houses of Congress in 2014 or 2016 at the latest.
I learned a long time ago that you get more flies with honey. Yes, fresh crap draws flies also, but they're gone when it dries. Honey can be replinished but crap just dries and becomes even less than fertilizer.
Those of you like pigotry, feisty, alaska and others make me ashamed to be a true liberal Democrat. I learned from Lyndon Johnson, who my paternal Grandmother worked for for 30+ years. I come from a very long line of Democrats, all very liberal. But shrill we weren't nor are we now. We learned that gentle persuasion worked a lot beter. Of course, sometimes the way Lyndon got Civil Rights legislation passed was tought, but that's the way it works sometimes. Now is not the time.
Let me email or call my State Senator, a very moderate Republican, with a lot of pull, to convince Nikki Haley that someone like DeMint isn't a solution, but another piece of the idiocy that is destroying the Republican Party, a party today that would make Lincoln cry, T. Rosevelt rebel. The Republican party of today would consider them too liberal for it.
Let us all work together to move forward to a true democratic society. One where people can disagree without trying to destroy others that do not think like them. In other words, a civil society.
Please, please let the rhetoric die down a tad. Yes we won, but there's a lot of work to be done yet and those of you who become the left-wing nutjobs do nothing to advance any chanche of us, the Democrats, gaining any ground on the national stage.
Well, BOO @!$%#ing HOO!
There is a "ignore author" feature available to you, I suggest you acquaint yourself with it!
Not sure who think died and left you in charge, but in the meantime, BITE ME!
A TRUE progressive does NOT demand their beliefs onto others, you're as intolerant as the right wing nitwits!
You are FOOLING no one but yourself!
@jackieboy, you have got to be kidding on the Civil Society part. Your worried about looking good on a National Stage to a bunch of republicans? Right!!! Although I lean to the Democratic side I had no love nor respect for LBJ. There is a lot of blood on that mans hands. A suit should never be in charge of a Military matter. If you want a war won, tell the military what you want, don't interfere no matter what, unshackle the generals and turn us loose.
Let us hope Mr.Waterloo Demented is as successful over at the Heritage Foundation "stink tank" as he was with the Senate Conservative Fund!
Talk about backing bat @!$%# crazy losers... lmao
Yeah, Congress is no longer bothered by DeMintia, but still suffering from prostate cancer of Boner the Speaker.
Lookie everyone. The Red Communist slunt still spewing her vomit. What a loser ! Get a job you worthless swine.
Joe Thomas-6624551
No, no Joe, Feisty is on the Blue team and therefor is a Blue Communist. You are on the Red team and therefor are Red Communist. Gadzooks, you must be a really bad paintball player.
Joe Thomas - people like you show how disgusting; crude; and classless the far right is. Oh, and I believe a great number of us on this site work - what about you? Probably not! Bet you claim you're a Christian too, right????
typical lefty loons.. joe let them stay at FR where a very infinitesimal of the populace reads. the only ones they convince are themselves anyways. most of america's citizens dont view life narrowily as the unhinged like Red Army and Seeking Approval.
So Caesar, if this is infintesimal and unimportant why are you here? One would think you would have a better place to spew.
pure entertainment adler. is that all you have...
Parker has much to learn from the Loonocracy. Loon cycles, loonar eclipses, blue loons ...
Sure says something about DeMint as a judge of character, doesn't it?
So I have succeeded in rattling the great Ceasar's cage. Mission accomplished (oops no battleship, oh well)
Oh come now even some looser recommended DeMint. I wonder who?
Putting it in perspective with 'should have wons' versus 'should have losts.'
Ie, Should have = a predictable result given the politics of the area
Should have lost = a result that goes against the politics of the area
Should Have Won
Stutzman (-)
Angle (loss)
Lee (-)
Miller (loss)
Paul (-)
Cruz (-)
Flake (-)
Mourdock (loss)
Net: -3 Republican Seats
Should Have Lost
Lamontagne (-)
DeVore (-)
Johnson (won)
O'Donnell (-)
Rossi (-)
Neumann (-)
Stenberg (-)
Net: +1 Republican Seats
Competitive
Buck (loss)
Raese (loss)
Rubio (won)
Toomey (won)
Mandel (loss)
Net: -1 Republican Seat
Overall Net: -3 Republican Seats
Sounds like the people are tired of the should have wons. The sould have won list is yours I guess.
Why is this even news? Good grief. Oh, that's right - gotta give the hate-spewing venomous liberals something to crow about. WOW. Sad.
*spews some hate and venom*
HHISSSS!
Oscar,
Maybe it's news because reality hates you. Just some food for thought. Irony: Complaining about "hate-spewing venomous liberals" by spewing hate for liberals. Well done OSCAR the grouch.
CAW! CAW! CAW!
Kinda hard to do a crow sound in type!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you Oscar!
Oscar
The hate-spewing venomous republicans, who hate women with opinions, people of color, people from other nations, Progressives, Gay People, union workers, teachers and poor people.
Job1 - You think that Republicans hate people of color? That is why it was the Republican Party that ended slavery, passed the Civil Rights Act (81% voting for it vs 60% of Dems), first black Congressman and Senator, first black Secretary of State and first female Secretary of State. It might be a good idea to think and get your facts straight before you start typing.
Oscar methinks the pot calleth the kettle black.
Actually, the old Republican party evolved into today's Democratic party, and the old redneck Democrats evolved into the Republican party. We must remember that today's Republican base has evolved into a segment of the bat crap crazy club.
Also, today's the bat crazy club hates President Obama because they don't like a liberal black man.
Bill, you may not be one that hates people of color, but the Republican party sure has a very strong base of people that do. I think you and others like you refuse to see it, but it is true.
Any senate without Jim DeMint in it, is necessarily better than one with him in it!
The article lists Sharon Angle as V - Virginia. Little miss "I am not a witch" was actually in Nevada.
But, it's shows how far the TP has fallen - can't seem to come up with good zombies to run!
Bite it idiot!
Making friends Sanity? (:^D Crazy is drawn to your every post.
Those rabid righties just HATE everyone! He probably LOVED "I am not a witch" Angle. Two of a kind! :-)
Seeking...aren't you confusing Angle with O'Donnell?? Or am I the one confused? Thought O'donnell had the witch comments. LOL.
SS is a nutwad. She has no idea what anyone stands for. Put a (D) after a name and she will vote for it. She is another of the growing democrat-communist mooching base.
Frank - You're right it was O'Donnell from Delaware. Angle was the one who wanted black footall uniforms banned for the high school because they were a sign of the devil (pretty sure that was her) I had my nutcases mixed up!
Joe - as an Independent I vote for the person. However as all sane people know, the Republican party has only run idiots for the last three elections - maybe more!
You have to know when you talk about "communist" you're a blithering fool. And, I'm at work - multi-tasking so not a moocher! Try again buffoon!
The Heritage Foundation will be .. DeMinted...now?
Do you work pigsucker?
Joseph. Hate much?
With Demented gone, and a Brush shuffled off into some stale room in a museum? WIN/WIN situation!!! Now BE-GONE with the hated right wing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Janruary 20, 2009 DaMint was at the Teabegger "Caucus Conspiracy." What does that tell you America?? Read Robert Draper's book America, and then the 'connection' will be made.
Very good definition, great new word. however low info. voters won't be able to spell it correctly & they will probably think it is a new Obama phone app.
I suppose we should just,
"Get used too it"
@ red dev ps
So then, you agree with Richard but it's hard to admit a win for failure. There is no secret, it was not a democrat win, it was a republican loss... "time shall tell"
Representative Tim Scott, Would be in my humble opinion the logical and best choice to be Sen. DeMint's successor. I've met him, and he seems to be A fine person and A man of impeccable moral character and resolve. Some one I could count as a friend if I knew him better. also he has a great smile...
Can u imagine? A republican calling someone inept?
Think back to the last bafoon that Republicans voted in and tell me about ideptitude.
dumb as bricks
So libbies, one question ? with a premise of course.
After sequester and cuts to defense, and A raise in the debt limit, + possible down grade in our credit rating. Eminently, resulting in lost faith in the Us gov't bonds held by the various creditors/countries "China" in particular.
Here is the question.
What should we do when one morning, we awaken to 60+ Chinese aircraft carriers and support craft surrounding our country, and a delegation of oriental Ambassador's in Washington DC with a message from Beijing to transport All Of Our precious metals/gold from Ft.Knox to the port of New Orleans for shipment to China??? Shall we just nuke them? lol How many nuclear submarines do they have, built with American steel??? "Just Askin"