Sen. Jim DeMint’s strategy for 2012: Wait and see

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Last week, rumors swirled that Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina could be a potential presidential candidate, and while that may no longer be the case, the conservative undoubtedly will play a leading role in the 2012 election cycle.

But ask the senator what his playbook will be for getting conservative Republicans elected, and his answer is: “I think it’s going to take some time to see which candidate is really willing to do the things necessary to stop us from running off a fiscal cliff, like demanding passage of a balanced budget amendment,” DeMint told The Daily Caller.