[Vigilanteman]

A lot of purists pile on DeMint for backing Mitt Romney in 2008. But at the time, there was no credible alternative to McCain, so I still think he did the right thing. Noteworthy is that he sure ain’t backing the least worst RINO for 2012 now!

[sickoflibs]

RE :When voters go to the polls Tuesday for U.S. Senate primary elections in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, they'll write a new act in the ongoing shake-up of the Republican political establishment that's being led by conservative freshman Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina.
In Kentucky, GOP voters will choose between Trey Grayson - the handpicked choice of the state's most powerful Republican, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell - and DeMint-backed Rand Paul, son of Texas Rep. Ron Paul.
... Around the country, DeMint is backing conservative underdog challengers who are running against more moderate Republican establishment candidates such as Carly Fiorina in California and Jane Norton in Colorado. “

Yep, this is what I was talking about. The battle of conservatives over RINOs.

[La Enchiladita]

Nothing conservative or patriotic about anti-military liebertarian Rand Paul, fellow traveler of traitor Adam Kokesh.

[snarkpup]

Around the country, DeMint is backing conservative underdog challengers who are running against more moderate Republican establishment candidates such as Carly Fiorina in California and Jane Norton in Colorado.

I've spoken to both Jane Norton and Ken Buck (the DeMint endorsee); and I'm not terribly impressed with either. I gave Buck an "F" on his answer to one of my 10th Amendment questions; and Norton got an "Incomplete", since she didn't seem to understand the question.

Based on what I've seen, I'm not sure Buck is conservative or an underdog—certainly not enough of either to be attracting national attention.

This is the danger we face when national heavyweights throw their weight around endorsing people they really know nothing about.

[Theophilus]

DeMint is backing conservative underdog challengers

I like DeMint and I'm thrilled that he is backing Dr. Rand Paul. But this article gets it wrong. Rand has been on top for for well over a year now. I don't see how you could describe him as an "underdog".

[UCFRoadWarrior]

DeMint needs to show some more backbone and support JD Hayworth over McCain. He has been neutral in the campaign...now he can take effective GOP leadership and support Hayworth.

Not only it will help Hayworth, it would make DeMint the most powerful GOP Senator

[JSDude1]

Jim DeMint 2012!~

[sickoflibs]

I like this. Unlike the current (and last) Republican leadership that is tainted by TARP Jim DeMint understands what was important about 1994. It wasnt that the old Republican leadership won, it was that a new crop wave of conservatives were elected that were not yet corrupted.

[Non-Sequitur]

The move sparked published and online reports that DeMint wants McConnell's job as the top Senate Republican, compelling DeMint to reject the reports out of hand.

Pity. We could do a whole lot worse than DeMint as Senate leader. We can't do worse than McConnell in that job.