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

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. But to whose advantage is anyone's guess. Democrats say Gov. Scott Walker's bid to close his state's budget gap by gutting...

Opinion: Obama's 'Morning in America' Speech

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 year, it's a nice gesture. What a shame that Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., claimed that sitting together was a Democratic plot to...

Kay Bailey Hutchison Retiring: 4 Leading Candidates to Replace Her

It's been several hours since Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced her retirement in 2012 -- ample time for people to begin speculating about replacements for the senior senator from Texas. Three Republicans are considered undeclared front-runners for Hutchison's seat, and one has already announced her intention to...

Alvin Greene Makes Another Run for Office

Alvin Greene, the unemployed veteran who won the Democratic Senate nomination in South Carolina before losing big in the general election, is running for office again. Greene has his eye on the South Carolina House of Representative seat of Rep. Cathy Harvin, who died earlier this month. On Christmas Eve, the political...

Congress Latest Battlefield in Annual 'War on Christmas' Debate

WASHINGTON (Dec. 16) -- Talk about holier than thou. If there was any better example of the perils of mixing politics and religion, it was on display in the lame-duck Congress this week. It began when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that senators might have to work through the Christmas break if that's what it...

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Jim DeMint's Clout Tested By Senate Primaries

Sen. Jim DeMint's long march to push his party sharply to the right now hinges on a handful of races that will help determine whether he'll emerge as a power player in the Senate Republican Conference -- or remain on the outskirts of his caucus.

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05/23/12 Sen. Jim DeMint, Tony Perkins, Bishop Harry Jackson... Source: PR Newswire WASHINGTON , May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins will join Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), Bishop Harry Jackson and pastors from across denominational lines for a news conference at the Senate swamp to show their support for the Defense of Marriage Act and marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
05/23/12 Do conservatives want Obama to throw citizens in jail... Source: Charleston City Paper - Charleston SC Conservatives today agree almost universally that getting rid of ObamaCare is their No. 1 goal â not only because it is too costly, but if we don't get rid of it now, it will become a permanent part of American political life, much like Social Security and Medicare.
05/21/12 Florida Democrats ding Marco Rubio with a song Source: ABC - KAPP 35 - Yakima WA Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a red meat speech to the South Carolina Republican Party in Columbia on Saturday, calling President Obama the most "divisive figure in modern American history."
05/21/12 Florida Democrats ding Marco Rubio with a song Source: ABC News Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a red meat speech to the South Carolina Republican Party in Columbia on Saturday, calling President Obama the most "divisive figure in modern American history."
05/19/12 Liberals Say Public Broadcasting's $445 Million... Source: The Heritage Foundation NPR, PBS and other public broadcasting outlets are asking taxpayers to fork over $445 million in funding for the next fiscal year.

Background on Jim Demint

James Warren "Jim" DeMint (born September 2, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from South Carolina, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leading member in the Tea Party movement.

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