Jim DeMint's first step in running for President?

DeMint will leave Senate to head Heritage Foundation

What Jim DeMint's resignation says about him, the Senate, and the conservative movement

Senators rarely get elected President; they really only have a chance if they haven't been in the Senate long.  So DeMint's bailing to be a full-time conservative with PLENTY of time to give speeches in the next four years.  That's what he'll do as the Heritage Foundation President; give speeches about how what America needs is a rock-hard, nearly insane right-wing conservative as President.  A guy just like him, in fact.

McCauliffe vs. Cuccinelli in Virginia next year will be a preview of Hillary Clinton vs. Jim DeMint in 2016.  Mark my words.

At least one semi-conservative pundit, Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post, is happily letting DeMint out the door hoping it'll smack his buttocks on the way out:

 Good riddance, Mr. DeMint

in which it says:

He has contributed more than any current senator to the dysfunction of that body.

and

It is a telling comment for what it [McConnell's statement about DeMint's resignation] does not say. It does not say the Senate was a better place because of his service or that he helped enact a conservative agenda. McConnell is a honest man and would not say such untruths.

(Other than the fact that Rubin says McConnell is an honest man, which is arguable (I would argue that he's not even close to honest), the rest of it is wonderful to read). DeMint is, in my estimation, a prime-time, fullblown nutcase.  And if he runs for President, the most dangerous man in America.