politico.com - 11/19/2008
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Sen. Jim DeMint may be the patron saint of lost causes in the Senate today, but he sure knows how to grab a headline.
Early this morning, DeMint backed off his plan to force a vote on expelling Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens from the Republican Conference -- preferring to see how the ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/15/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) – South Carolina
Sen. Jim DeMint on Friday became one of the...
first high-profile Republicans to publicly criticize John McCain following his electoral defeat, blaming the Arizona senator for betraying ...
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GOP senator: McCain betrayed Republican principles
thehill.com - 11/18/2008
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thehill.com —
Republican senators are not expected to vote Tuesday
to expel Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), deciding instead to...
hold off on the vote until his Senate race is decided. Though Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), the sponsor of the motion to expel Stevens, said he ...
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GOP likely to hold off on expelling Stevens
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/15/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
DEMINT TARGETS MCCAIN.... As Republicans continue to search
for answers to explain what happened in this year's...
elections, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R) stepped up to become the first high-profile Republican official to blame John McCain for his ...
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DeMint targets McCain
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AP: Stevens loses Alaska Senate race to Begich
Hot Air » Top Picks —
AP: Stevens loses Alaska Senate race to Begich posted at 10:23 pm on November 18, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly DeMint was preparing a resolution to boot him from the Senate on Thursday just in case he squeaked through, but all for naught as it turns out. No Senate seat for the ‘Cuda , needless to say, and another black eye for the GOP that could have been avoided if they’d pushed this tool into retirement back when they should have. That makes 58 Senate seats by my ...
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Stevens' birthday blues? —
First Read 11/18/2008
From NBC's Ken StricklandCould it get much worse for convicted Republican Sen. Ted Stevens today? On his birthday?
As he came to work this morning, one of his Republican colleagues, Jim DeMint, was threatening to hold a vote to kick him out of the GOP ...
Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Reelection Bid —
Wash Post Elections 11/19/2008
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) defeated Sen. Ted Stevens, ending the tenure of the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, after the counting of more ballots yesterday gave him a larger lead than the number of votes still untallied, Alaska ...
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