Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) “tells Bloomberg Businessweek his goal for the Senate is ‘complete gridlock’ and that he wants to stop programs that violate his anti-Big Government ideology.”
“What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator,” he says, taking a quick break between TV appearances. “People want an alternative to some kind of watered-down Republican philosophy.”
Update: Whoops. Looks like they had a misquote. Here’s the updated version.
DeMint doesn’t care. “I’ve been told by businesses that if we would stop the tax increases the best thing that could happen for business after that is complete gridlock. At least gridlock is predictable,” he tells Bloomberg Businessweek, taking a quick break between TV appearances. His goal, he says, is to stop programs that violate his anti-Big Government ideology. “What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator,” he says. “People want an alternative to some kind of watered-down Republican philosophy.”
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