{"id":74,"date":"2009-02-16T16:52:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.communitychapelgreenville.com\/dandc.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/16\/sanford-and-demint-emerging-as-knights-of-the-right-local-metro-the-state\/"},"modified":"2009-02-16T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:52:20","slug":"sanford-and-demint-emerging-as-knights-of-the-right-local-metro-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dandc.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Sanford and DeMint emerging as knights of the right – Local \/ Metro – The State"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One is a junior U.S. senator from a small, conservative state.<\/p>\n

The other is a governor and former congressman known for sleeping on his couch in Washington and bringing pigs to the state Capitol to protest what he saw as pork-barrel spending.<\/p>\n

Jim DeMint and Mark Sanford are major political players in South Carolina, but they have been blips on the national political screen.<\/p>\n

Until now.<\/p>\n

Sanford and DeMint emerging as knights of the right – Local \/ Metro – The State<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

You can follow Senator DeMint on Twitter @JimDeMint<\/a><\/p>\n

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One is a junior U.S. senator from a small, conservative state. The other is a governor and former congressman known for sleeping on his couch in Washington and bringing pigs to the state Capitol to protest what he saw as pork-barrel spending. 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