Punchbowl News: “Thune is enlisting Trump to help wrangle the various factions in the Senate GOP Conference, knowing that at the end of the day, the president will have to help close any deal to get 51 votes. And the end product isn’t predetermined by the Republican leadership.”
“Unlike McConnell, Thune is making Trump a day-to-day part of the process and letting his GOP senators hash it out to find consensus.”
“Thune and Trump huddled at the White House on Monday. And Thune is a big reason why Trump began calling individual GOP senators soon afterward to discuss their concerns over the House-passed reconciliation package.”
“There’s another benefit for Thune here: By not allowing any space between himself and Trump, Thune can’t be blamed if things go south. This is always a good idea with Trump. All credit goes to Trump if things go well, of course, while blame goes somewhere else if they don’t.”
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