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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged Sen. Jim DeMint

Ron Paul Victory Shows Ideological Hardening Ahead of 2010

By | 02.22.10 | 10:29 am

The news that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) had won the 2010 CPAC presidential straw poll was leaked early, to soften the blow. Before GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio had even begun to click through a Powerpoint presentation that shared the results, reporters were informed of Paul’s easy, More…

GOPers Join ‘Read-the-Bill Movement’ to Slow Health Care Debate

By | 07.30.09 | 4:15 pm

In early July, settled in at one of Grover Norquist’s conservative movement breakfast meetings, Colin Hanna and Peter Roff had a brainstorm. Hanna, who commutes to Washington from the Wilmington, Delaware offices of his organization Let Freedom Ring, speculated that Americans were concerned about Congress considering a health care bill More…