DeMint supporters hoping he'll run for White House

DeMint supporters hoping he'll run for White House
By James Rosen | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Wednesday, February 9, 2011

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint's keynote speech next month to an Iowa forum of GOP presidential candidates has fueled hopes among evangelicals and conservative activists that the South Carolina Republican will launch a White House run.

DeMint, overwhelmingly elected to his second Senate term in November, will deliver the evening banquet address to a dozen GOP presidential hopefuls — and hundreds of party stalwarts — on March 26 in Des Moines, scarcely 10 months before the state's leadoff White House caucuses.

In the audience will be Steve Scheffler, a Republican National Committee member from Iowa and an influential evangelical.

Scheffler would like to see DeMint, dubbed "the tea party senator" for his unyielding conservatism and fervent opposition to President Barack Obama, throw his hat into the Oval Office ring.

"He's very highly regarded among activists," Scheffler said. "His running would add a lot to the dialogue, not only in Iowa but across the country. I think he's a voice that needs to be heard."

:dilemma:

:D

A bunch of clowns running all over the country.

OMG

Just imagine his confederate flag waving fans :rofl: