Hill Climbers: Journalism Refugee

• By Kristin Coyner
• Roll Call Staff
• Feb. 8, 2010, Midnight

Even though Amanda Carpenter just left journalism for a job with Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), she doesn’t see it as a big change from her previous line of work. “I don’t feel like I’m going into politics,” Carpenter said. “He’s not like a ‘Republican’; he’s a strong conservative and that’s always where I’ve been.”