Striking a coquettish pose

Playing Madame De Farge, Senator Jim DeMint says, of course he supports all GOP candidates, even centrists.

Except the ones he targeted in this year's purge.

Or might in the future:

But the Palmetto State conservative was somewhat cryptic about what other centrist GOP colleagues in the Senate might expect come 2012, if they don't stick to party principles. Those senators, DeMint said, "may be on the chopping block in 2012."

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