Only a man with a lump of coal for a heart can make this sort of argument before Christmas

Senator DeMint says none of his votes are about South Carolina.

Except when he wants to throw the poor out on the streets.

The only Republicans so far to vote against the deal were Nevada's John Ensign, who is facing a tough reelection battle in 2012; Oklahoma's Tom Coburn, Alabama's Jeff Sessions and South Carolina's Jim DeMint, who opposed the bill because of the unfunded financing of unemployment benefits; and retiring George Voinovich of Ohio.

 
South Carolina's junior senator says "bah, humbug!"