John Thune

[ConservativeIllini]

I could definitely see him being a factor if he decides to run.  If Romney wins the nomination, I would imagine he would either pick Thune or Demint as a running mate in order to bring the evangelical vote towards him.  I haven't heard him speak, but if he sounds intelligent & confident, he can probably win a lot of votes. 

[ConservativeIllini]

I could definitely see him being a factor if he decides to run.  If Romney wins the nomination, I would imagine he would either pick Thune or Demint as a running mate in order to bring the evangelical vote towards him.  I haven't heard him speak, but if he sounds intelligent & confident, he can probably win a lot of votes. 

That's basically my ideas, although I think that DeMint would never be picked.

Didn't he endorse Romney in the last election?  I think he did (not positive on that one), and it would look excellent to shore up Mitt's evangelical credentials.  Just my opinion!

[ConservativeIllini]

I could definitely see him being a factor if he decides to run.  If Romney wins the nomination, I would imagine he would either pick Thune or Demint as a running mate in order to bring the evangelical vote towards him.  I haven't heard him speak, but if he sounds intelligent & confident, he can probably win a lot of votes. 

That's basically my ideas, although I think that DeMint would never be picked.

Didn't he endorse Romney in the last election?  I think he did (not positive on that one), and it would look excellent to shore up Mitt's evangelical credentials.  Just my opinion!

You do realize that, just over five years ago, DeMint said that single mothers shouldn't be allowed to teach in public schools?:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=10209.0

That alone probably makes him too politically radioactive for Romney to consider him.  Why would Romney take that kind of a gamble, when there are other choices who have not made such controversial statements?

Definitely didn't realize that, as I started following politics right after the '06 midterms. 

[ConservativeIllini]

Yawn.  Thune has a cookie-cutter neoconservative voting record.  He's a party-line ideologue who brings nothing new to the country whatsoever.

Thune would be vulnerable in November if Obama regains popularity. He barely beat om Daschle in 2004, a good year for Republican candidates. To have any viability as a Republican nominee as either President or Vice-President in 2012 he must win re-election in 2010. He is an obvious  target for the Democratic Senate campaign in 2010.

Even if the Dems gained signficant popularity, which is possible, Thune will not at all be vulnerable.  He beat the Senate Minority Leader in the last election, and Daschle was very highly regarded in SD, despite being a Dem.