He ran in 2004 and 2010 thus his next re-election was 2016. It was not like he ran this year and decided he got a better job so 
the voters.
Yes we should live in a culture where it is dishonorable to not serve your full term, unless something happen and you can't serve your post to the best of your state's consistent, but this isn't the world we live in. We have low exception of our congress people and DeMint is leaving congress far better than some other past congress people.
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I am glad to see him gone though
even though he will be replaced with another Republican from South Carolina, DeMint was a real piece of work in my mind.
the voters.Yes we should live in a culture where it is dishonorable to not serve your full term, unless something happen and you can't serve your post to the best of your state's consistent, but this isn't the world we live in. We have low exception of our congress people and DeMint is leaving congress far better than some other past congress people.
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I am glad to see him gone though
even though he will be replaced with another Republican from South Carolina, DeMint was a real piece of work in my mind.
Senator DeMint (R, SC, tea party leader) will leave Senate, will be head of largest con. think tank
- 06/12/2012 06:00:29 PM
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Seems petty of him.
- 06/12/2012 06:16:52 PM
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Whatever
- 06/12/2012 06:26:46 PM
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Not a fan of people quiting like that - people voted for him as they had an implied promise
- 06/12/2012 10:13:20 PM
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Well it's been a couple years, 6 years is a long term compared to 2 or 4, maybe different standard
- 06/12/2012 11:18:05 PM
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