Subject: Via ANCAPS: Jim DeMint: Republicans must listen to libertarians Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:53 pm
In case you missed it, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) made some waves recently by urging his fellow Republicans to listen to libertarians, particularly Ron Paul, on fiscal issues. The comments were, as you can imagine, important given DeMint’s influence in the Tea Party movement and on fiscal conservatives in general. These comments are in stark contrast to what he said a little over a year ago, claiming that “you can’t be a fiscal conservative without being a social conservative.”
DeMint, author of a new book — Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse, is challenging members of both parties to balance the budget through promoting pro-growth, free market policies. He sat down recently with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch of Reason to discuss his approach to begin solving the budget crisis in Washington and again repeats his warnings to Republicans and conservatives to listen to libertarians:
Subject: Via ANCAPS: Jim DeMint: Republicans must listen to libertarians 
Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:53 pm