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Thune Looks to Move Up In Senate Leadership

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Sen. John Thune (R-SD) “passed on a run for the No. 2 GOP leadership job in 2012. He’s unlikely to do so again this fall,” Politico reports.

“With Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) term-limited out, the South Dakota senator has all but locked up the whip job ahead of the biggest Senate Republican leadership shakeup in years.”

Thune Urges House GOP to Listen to FBI Warnings

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Sen. John Thune (R-SD) urged House Republicans “to slow their push to release a secret staff-written memo said to accuse the F.B.I. and Justice Department of abusing their authorities to obtain a warrant to spy on a former Trump campaign associate,” the New York Times reports.

Said Thune: “They need to pay careful attention to what our folks who protect us have to say about what this, you know, how this bears on our national security.”

“Thune also called for a Democratic memo rebutting the Republican document to be shown to the public at the same time.”


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Thune Will Vote for Trump Anyway

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Even though Sen. John Thune (R-SD) called for Donald Trump to withdraw from the presidential race, he told the Rapid City Journal that he would still likely cast his ballot for him.

“Thune said the 2005 audio on which Trump can be heard describing his attempts to have sex with a married woman was ‘more offensive than anything I’ve ever seen.’ Nonetheless, the Senate’s third-ranking Republican said he would be voting solely for GOP candidates this election cycle.”

Thune Admits Window for White House Bid Has Closed

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“It’s often said each senator wakes up, looks in the mirror and sees a future president staring back. But John Thune admits his ‘window’ for a White House run might have closed in 2012,” Politico reports.

Said Thune: “There are a lot of people on that track that I would be lumped in, I’m sure, with the ‘establishment-type candidates.’ Which is never a good thing. I’m not doing the things you need to do. And a lot of other people are.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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