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Title: John Thune: The GOP's Answer to Obama?
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Politics Daily
URL Source: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/1 ... une-the-gop-s-answer-to-obama/
Published: Dec 11, 2009
Author: Matt Lewis
Post Date: 2009-12-11 08:27:12 by sneakypete
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Keywords: anybody but palin, leftist desperation, RINO
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While names like Palin, Romney and Huckabee get most of the attention when it comes to 2012 presidential speculation, a dark horse may be rising out of the Great Plains.
South Dakota Sen. John Thune has $5.5 million in the bank, a handsome face, hoop skills that rival the president's and an upward trajectory in the U.S. Senate. Despite failing at a 2008 bid to head the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), Thune was able to take control of the Republican Policy Committee after Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) fell from grace. Get the new PD toolbar!
He's not widely known nationally, which is both an obvious obstacle and perhaps a blessing in disguise: The national media has not turned him into a caricature. That may change in the future. Thune is beginning to generate buzz as a potential 2012 presidential candidate. For example, New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote a glowing puff piece on him, going so far as to say of Thune, "He is a gracious and ecumenical legislator, not a combative one. When you ask him to mention authors he likes, he mentions C.S. Lewis and Jeff Shaara, not political polemicists. The first person who told me I had to write a column about Thune was a liberal Democratic senator who really likes the guy." To be sure, grace and wit -- not to mention legislative experience and intelligence -- will be an important commodity for any Republican seeking to deny President Obama a second term. The rub against Thune has always been that he's too boring to be elected president. Denizens of the upper Midwest are rarely known for their fiery emotions or natural charisma, so it's not surprising that Thune has a reputation for being a bit dry. On a conference call this Tuesday, however, I found Thune to be passionate -- and quotable. For example, he dismissed the notion that Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine might vote for health care reform, bluntly telling me he expects Republicans "will be united in opposition" to the Senate health care bill. "This will be and is a Democrat bill," he predicted. Thune then went on to compare the Obama administration's regulatory and climate change policies to "a war on the West." The ability to throw that sort of red meat is important in a GOP primary, and over the last few weeks, a fan club has developed for Thune on Twitter. Some of the excitement about him seems tied to his being upfront on the issues, but as one Senate staffer tells me, "It also has to do with his looks." One of the main cheerleaders is a Missouri activist....
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#1. To: Moderate Mammal, All (#0)
Thune is beginning to generate buzz as a potential 2012 presidential candidate. For example, New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote a glowing puff piece on him, going so far as to say of Thune, "He is a gracious and ecumenical legislator, not a combative one. When you ask him to mention authors he likes, he mentions C.S. Lewis and Jeff Shaara, not political polemicists. The first person who told me I had to write a column about Thune was a liberal Democratic senator who really likes the guy."
Ok,can there be any doubt about this guy being just another RINO loser?
Not to mention how the left is desperate to find somebody,ANYBODY,to promote as an alternative to Palin?
Some of the excitement about him seems tied to his being upfront on the issues, but as one Senate staffer tells me, "It also has to do with his looks."
Can't wait to hear what you have to say about THIS beauty queen,MM.
#2. To: sneakypete (#1)
When you ask him to mention authors he likes, he mentions C.S. Lewis
So he got the Chronicles of Narnia book set for his kids and read them to them when they were little..
#3. To: sneakypete (#0)
Soon after arriving in the Senate, Thune wrote language into a transportation bill expanding the pot of federal loan money for small railroads, enabling his former client to apply for $2.5 billion in government financing for its project.[9]
#4. To: sneakypete (#1)
THIS beauty queen
The contestants....
Republican Presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) walks into the Senate Chamber in the Capitol in Washington October 1, 2008. McCain returned to Washington to vote on the $700 billion financial rescue package. With McCain is Senator John Thune (R-SD).
#5. To: hondo68 (#4)
THIS beauty queenThe contestants....
The Crypt Critter and Lurch. BTW,you ain't SEEN funny until you have seen Tales from the Crypt in Russian,with the Crypt Critter speaking Russian and cackling. I have no idea who does the dubbing there,but I swear he sounds EXACTLY like the US version. Tales from the Crypt was insanely popular the last time I was in Russia.
#6. To: sneakypete (#1)
Some of the excitement about him seems tied to his being upfront on the issues, but as one Senate staffer tells me, "It also has to do with his looks."Can't wait to hear what you have to say about THIS beauty queen,MM.
Same thing.
I'll bet this 'conservative' is for a "path to citizenship" too.
#7. To: sneakypete (#0)
For example, New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote a glowing puff piece on him . . .
Well, I'm sold . . . /s
Might as well replace Congress with the Mafia. At least the mob knows how to run a business and make a profit.
#8. To: sneakypete (#1)
Ok,can there be any doubt about this guy being just another RINO loser?
No, there is no doubt.
The Republicans are a discredited, spent force.
So what if they get in in 2010. They'll just cut deals with Obama left and right, like the did with Clinton in 1995-2001.
And the socialist/liberal agenda will advance.
Go ahead bushbots and vote for your Republicans. Nothing, in the long-run, will change.
#9. To: Moderate Mammal (#6)
Ron Paul voted three times in support of Section 245(i) amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens.
Three times.
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Toss: ADL,CAIR and the Vatican into the pit they belong in.
#10. To: Nebuchadnezzar (#8)
No, there is no doubt.The Republicans are a discredited, spent force.
So what if they get in in 2010. They'll just cut deals with Obama left and right, like the did with Clinton in 1995-2001.
And the socialist/liberal agenda will advance.
Go ahead bushbots and vote for your Republicans. Nothing, in the long-run, will change.
Yet the Bushbot will support Bush, Palin, Huckabee, McCain...never Paul or Tancredo.
Seems to me most Bushbots are liars and frauds when they claim they are against illegals.
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