... executed Virginia gubernatorial campaign. And now as they look to the future of their party, and who might lead it in 2012, the name John Thune keeps popping up. … If you wanted a Republican with the same ... Murdo hasn’t lost his touch. (Seriously, imagine what a refreshing novelty Thune must be - as Daschle was before him - in a place filled with folks who often lack manners equal to ...

... the heels of David Brook's column on John Thune is this piece by the Washington Post's ... a national bid remains to be seen. But wouldn't it be fun? If Thune runs for President it would prove that South Dakota is ... contribution. I have had the pleasure of meeting both Tom Daschle and John Thune on several occasions. I liked both of them, and I thought that both deserved their status. ...

Basing his opinions largely on John Thune's appearance and demeanor as a cowboy who has not as yet visited Broke Back Mountain, David Brooks in The New York Times touts Thune as a leader in the model of Barack Obama who could save the Republican ... suspects if Brooks were to visit Broke Back Mountain, he would like to go with John Thune. Conspicuously absent from Brooks" appraisal is ...

This means something, I'm just not sure what.  Thune must be getting some play if Brooks feels the need to suck up to him.  You can't really blame Thune for this, but it doesn't count for him either. Brooks almost gets to the end of his piece without a big, wet, juicy kissup to the New York Times Reader. Nice try, David!  You keep it up!  Even if you do get drummed out of polite ...

... to hang their hopes and dreams. South Dakota Sen. John Thune may be that person. Witness a conventional-wisdom setting column ... -- the Fix's favorite conservative commenter -- that touts Thune as the Next Big Thing. Writes Brooks of Thune: ... 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." ...

Op-Ed Columnist - Meet John Thune - NYTimes.com Brooks gushes about his looks, his mannerisms, but is very, very vague on ... , sun-chapped sort of way) and handsome (John McCain jokes that if he had Thune’s face he’d be president right now). If you wanted a ... and athletic grace as Barack Obama, you’d pick Thune. The second thing people say about him is that he is unfailingly genial, modest and ...

It's evidence, I think, of the sorry state of the Republican Party that David Brooks's column presenting Sen. John Thune as the Republican of the Future relies not on the fact that Thune has new ... vision ("His positions on the issues are unremarkable"), but on the fact that when Thune talks, he doesn't come off like a jerk, a militia member or a conspiracy ...

... , Sarah Palin, Haley Barbour, and Roger Ailes! GOP sources say Thune plays the role of the “regular guy” in the ... against “Washington-speak.” At 6-foot-4, Thune is considered one of the best basketball players in the Senate. There’s buzz in some corners about Thune running for president himself in 2012. It’s a good thing those GOP sources made those &# ...

... to Republicans for defeating Tom Daschle in 2004, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), is being viewed as possible presidential timber in 2012 ... type and athletic grace as Barack Obama, you'd pick Thune. More... Thune also possesses the favored Republican profile du jour: ... at the roots but pragmatic at the surface. Like McDonnell, nobody can question Thune's conservative bona fides. As a result, he doesn ...

... The Post-Partisan Examiner agrees: In other words, Thune’s critics are saying, he is the Republican answer to Barack Hussein Obama, ... this familiar brand of complaints against Senator Thune. See John Thune wisely fly under the radar until 2012. See ... State woman take his space on the ballot (the only hope for the Dem Party), see See Thune become President. See a little bit of history repeating. ...

Pawlenty may not be the next Romney, but John Thune might be. David Brooks was waxing panegyrical in his column on Thune today, and one thing he focused on was Thune’s alleged love of all things small and local: He ... its intended purpose, but the grant of power to the Treasury that Thune supported could have been used in any number of ways, which was why the sheer unaccountability and ...

... the future coming from him," said South Dakota Sen. John Thune, No. 4 in the Senate Republican leadership. " ... should be important to folks in South Dakota too Senator Thune. Rape is about power. In this case, KBR employees slipped ... only one who sees the absurdity in that. So, my question to Senator Thune is this. If your daughters Brittany and Larissa were raped by a defense contractor ...

... would hope that we won’t see a lot of Daily Kos-inspired amendments in the future coming from him," said South Dakota Sen. John Thune, No. 4 in the Senate Republican leadership. "I think hopefully he’ll settle down and do kind of the serious work of legislating that’s important to Minnesota." Read the piece ...

An amendment offered by Senator John Thune (R-SD) to the health reform bill (H.R. 3590) has been defeated by a vote of 51 to 47. It would eliminate the CLASS (Community Living Assistance Services and Supports) Act from the underlying bill. Here’s some background on the program, as taken from a press release issued by Senator Paul Kirk’s (D-MA) office: ...

... 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.” ... suburbanites,” writes Brooks. and… Thune is keeping his own re-election race in 2010 front ... liberals are snuffling about the refuse lately trying to tell people that “John Thune isn’t all that.”  Our advice to them – ...