Jim DeMint: GOP Won't Have 'Mushy, Middle' Candidate in '16

[mystery-ak]

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Jim DeMint: GOP Won't Have 'Mushy, Middle' Candidate in '16
Thursday, December 18, 2014 06:42 PM

By: Greg Richter

Several senators and governors eyeing a 2016 presidential bid already have visited with the Heritage Foundation, President Jim DeMint says, and he is convinced conservative candidates will be on the GOP ballot.

DeMint declined to say which senators and governors he has spoken with during an appearance Thursday on Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto."

But he said many of them will be coming back for follow-up visits.

A former Republican senator from South Carolina, DeMint said he left his old job precisely because he was tired of seeing GOP candidates run as conservatives, then turning mushy once they'd taken their oath of office.

He is now heading the conservative organization with hopes of electing more conservative candidates.

"I believe we can win the debate, but it's not going to be with mushy, middle candidates, he said. "It's going to be an inspiring, bold candidate."

[truth_seeker]

Define "conservative?"

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Several senators and governors eyeing a 2016 presidential bid already have visited with the Heritage Foundation, President Jim DeMint says, and he is convinced conservative candidates will be on the GOP ballot.

Conservative candidates will be on the GOP ballot.  They just won't win the nomination, because voters won't vote for conservatives once the voters hear what conservatives offer.

[Fishrrman]

[[ Jim DeMint: GOP Won't Have 'Mushy, Middle' Candidate in '16 ]]

Of course not.

They'll have Jeb, Mitt, or Chris.

Far, FAR from "the middle"!

[MACVSOG68]

Define "conservative?"

I doubt you'll get much of a response, especially on a thread like this one.  I'd be happy to jump on the topic, but my Kevlar overcoat is up in the attic...

BTW, I like DeMint, but not all of his positions.  Anyway these days, like Sarah, he's being paid to fire up the right, especially after TP loses in the primaries this year.