Friday, December 7, 2012

Jim DeMint Now Leads the Conservative Republicans


Jim DeMint will depart the Senate and become President of The Heritage Foundation, our nation’s most influential and respected Conservative think tank.  In doing so, DeMint assumes the leadership role for Conservative Republicans.
The Republican Party is without a defined leader, John Boehner is purging TEA Party House Republicans from key committee positions to further appease Obama, and TEA Party and other Conservative Republicans need to be energized and organized.  The Heritage Foundation is uniquely positioned for this leadership role.
Under the brilliant leadership of its founder, Dr. Ed Feulner, The Heritage Foundation has led Conservative thought in Washington for almost four decades.  Heritage’s “Mandate for Leadership:  Policy Management in a Conservative Administration” and its 1,270 suggestions were heavily used by President Reagan and his Administration in almost all aspects of Reagan’s policy achievements.
DeMint will articulate and communicate a Conservative message to the American people.  DeMint will energize the Conservative base of the Republican Party.  The Wall Street Journal reported,
In an interview preceding the succession announcement, Sen. DeMint said he is taking the Heritage job because he sees it as a vehicle to popularize conservative ideas in a way that connects with a broader public. "This is an urgent time," the senator said, "because we saw in the last election we were not able to communicate conservative ideas that win elections." Mr. DeMint, who was a market researcher before he entered politics, said he plans to take the Heritage Foundation's traditional research plus that of think tanks at the state level and "translate those policy papers into real-life demonstrations of things that work." He said, "We want to figure out what works at the local and state level" and give those models national attention.
Mr. DeMint, an active conservative partisan often at odds with his party's leadership, says he will "protect the integrity of Heritage's research and not politicize the policy component. Heritage is not just another grassroots political group."
Still, the senator acknowledges that the political fires still burn: "This really gets my blood going again thinking about the possibilities. This is the time to elevate the conservative cause."
The Heritage Foundation will remain committed to principle, as Dr. Ed Feulner explained in his letter to the Heritage membership on Thursday,
We will remain committed to principle
And it's no surprise that our Board chose a principled leader like Jim DeMint. Everything we do at Heritage is guided by our mission statement. It is even written in our charter that Heritage is established "to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."
Heritage's Trustees are the guardians of the institution's integrity. All are conservatives dedicated to preserving America's freedoms.
Moreover, our Board committed a decade ago not to follow in the footsteps of all too many organizations that lurch to the left over time. They pledged that all candidates for senior management and trustee are vetted "to ensure that they are totally committed to the Heritage Vision and Mission."
Conservatives have a solid leader with Jim DeMint as the designated President of The Heritage Foundation.  DeMint will be able to effectively unite Republicans, TEA Party members, Libertarians, and other Conservatives in the battle against the tyranny of Barack Obama and the Progressive Left.  Obama will find it increasingly difficult to seize more power for himself, spend more money borrowed in the name of the United States Taxpayers, and continue to subsidize and otherwise reward his political cronies and supporters.
Corruption and tyranny will begin to fade in Washington.  The light of day will replace the dreary and depressing shadow that Obama has brought over Washington and our nation.

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