DeMint’s leaving to run the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing Reagan-era “think tank.” […] DeMint should feel right at home at an organization co-founded by right-wing beer magnate Joseph Coors. According to Right Wing Watch other corporate donors include General Motors, Ford, Proctor and Gamble, Chase, Dow Chemical, Mobil Oil, and Smith Kline pharmaceuticals.
The job pays more than a million dollars a year.
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DeMint’s following the new, growing practice of walking out whenever a better offer comes along. First came trendsetter Sarah Palin, who quit halfway through her first term to pursue lucrative personal and television appearances. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri followed in the Demi-Governor’s footsteps this year, announcing she’d be leaving Congress less than a month after winning re-election.
Emerson’s “better offer” came from a group which lobbies for not-for-profit electric utilities. She refused to disclose how much she’ll make at her new job as its president. “I am not leaving Congress because I have lost my heart for service,” she added. “To the contrary,” she added. “I see a new way to serve.”
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Tea Party Quitter DeMint Cashes In, Exposing DC's Dark Side: