Surprise Senate Exit by Jim DeMint

My article is in today's FrontPage Magazine:

Surprise Senate Exit by Jim DeMint

By Matthew Vadum

One of President Obama’s most outspoken critics is quitting the U.S. Senate to take over the reins at the Heritage Foundation, the nation’s preeminent conservative think tank.

As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, Tea Party movement-supported Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said he is leaving public office in order to help the conservative movement regain the upper hand in the war of ideas. Replacing Heritage co-founder Ed Feulner, DeMint expects to take over as president at Heritage early next year.

“This is an urgent time because we saw in the last election we were not able to communicate conservative ideas that win elections,” said DeMint, a market researcher before he entered public life.

“This really gets my blood going again thinking about the possibilities. This is the time to elevate the conservative cause.”