WTF? Jim DeMint is quitting the Senate to lead the Heritage Foundation.

South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint will leave his post as South Carolina’s junior senator in early January to take control of the Washington think tank, which has an annual budget of about $80 million.

Sen. DeMint’s departure means that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican, will name a successor, who will have to run in a special election in 2014. In that year, both Mr. DeMint’s replacement and Sen. Lindsey Graham will be running for reelection in South Carolina.

Mr. DeMint was reelected to a second term in 2010. The 61-year-old senator had announced earlier that he would not seek a third term.

WTF? WTF? (ht @ethanklapper)

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Well at least at heritage he doesn’t have a voting power anymore
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jasonstiff said: Greed and selfishness.
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That’s great that DeMint is not seeking a third term. Good riddance. But the fact that he is leading the Heritage...
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… uh, is he drunk?
con-tem-plate said: He wants to pave the way for a $8 million buyout a la Dick Armey
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I do not get this. This makes no sense at all. I mean, even for an ultraconservative Tea Party madman like Jim DeMint,...
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…….I feel like there’s some seriiooouus behind the scene shit going on here.
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Ugh the GOP just gets worse and worse
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I think the GOP is coming apart at the seams. I really do. What the actual fuck.
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What? What? What?
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