{"id":9709,"date":"2012-12-07T06:41:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9709"},"modified":"2012-12-07T06:41:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:41:02","slug":"stink-tank-is-emptea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/07\/stink-tank-is-emptea\/","title":{"rendered":"Stink Tank is EmpTEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Heritage Foundation has been the premiere Republican think tank for many years.  From now on, however, it will no longer be a think tank, because it devolved into a stink tank with the appointment of Jim DeMint (R-InsaniTEA) at it\u2019s head.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"7DeMint-Hat\"Jim DeMint was on the verge of being where every senator longs to be \u2014 holding a top position on an influential committee with oversight of industries critical to his state.<\/p>\n

But, as is so often the case with the maverick from South Carolina, DeMint turned his back on convention. Instead he announced Thursday that he would resign to become president of the Heritage Foundation. The move puts De\u00adMint at the head of the most prominent conservative nonprofit organization in Washington<\/strong> and in a position he hopes will afford more power to move the Republican Party in an ever-rightward direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m leaving the Senate now, but I\u2019m not leaving the fight. I\u2019ve decided to join The Heritage Foundation at a time when the conservative movement needs strong leadership in the battle of ideas,\u201d DeMint, 61, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

DeMint\u2019s decision marks a monumental change from a not-so-long-ago era when abandoning a prime perch in the Senate to head a think tank would have been unthinkable\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The thought has crossed my mind, that perhaps, he is being pushed out by establishment Republicans.  Helping recruit and supporting such notables as Todd Akin, Sharon Angle, Richard Mourdock and Christine O\u2019Donnell certainly hurt Republican standing in the Senate.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a scary thought.  The AEI, dominated by Neocons, will become the premiere Republican think tank.<\/font><\/p>\n

Ezra Klein talked about the heritage Foundation and how inappropriate it is to put DeMint at its head.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

One thing is certain, the Heritage Foundation no longer has a full tank.  The stink tank is EmpTEA.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Heritage Foundation has been the premiere Republican think tank for many years.  From now on, however, it will no longer be a think tank, because it devolved into a stink tank with the appointment of Jim DeMint (R-InsaniTEA) at it\u2019s head. Jim DeMint was on the verge of being where every senator longs to […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}