It’s being reported that the former Senator who is responsible for helping bring a lot of conservative voices into the Senate, is himself being forced out at the Heritage Foundation:
POLITICO – The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, may soon be out of a job, following a dispute with board members about the direction of conservative think tank, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
Some Heritage board members believe that DeMint has brought in too many Senate allies and made the think tank too bombastic and political — to the detriment of its research and scholarly aims.
“He has been a congressman and senator. They are solo performers. When you are in the Senate, life is all about the senators,” said one board member, who asked for anonymity to speak candidly about DeMint’s situation. “CEO skills are different than senator skills. I think it boils down to attributes. I don’t think it is particularly personal.”
DeMint has been in contract negotiations, which are expected to be cut short, the sources said. An announcement about his future at Heritage is expected to come as early as Friday. His contract is up at the end of 2017, according to one board member.
A GOP operative who works closely with heritage said DeMint’s removal as president was imminent and that more changes are expected to follow. “There’s massive turmoil over there right now,” the operative said.
I don’t understand the inner workings of Heritage so I’m not going to speculate on it. While I hate to see this happen to Demint, I only want to underscore just how much I appreciate the work that he did in the Senate and I hope he lands back on his feet somewhere his political skill set can help the conservative movement.
Perhaps he can run for Lindsey Graham’s seat when it comes up again. It’d be awesome if he won that primary.
Or maybe…
So, DeMint for governor?
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) April 28, 2017