John Thune
Summary
John Randolph Thune (born January 7, 1961) is the Republican junior U.S. Senator from the state of South Dakota.Born and raised in South Dakota, Thune attended college at Biola University, a small Evangelical Christian school in California before returning to his home state to obtain an MBA at the University of South Dakota. He worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator James Abdnor and served in the Reagan Administration in the Small Business Administration, before winning election to the House of Representatives in 1996. After three terms in the House, he unsuccessfully challenged Democrat Tim Johnson in the U.S.
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Who Will Be The 2012 GOP's 'Candidate-To-Be-Named-Later?'
Now that former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has jumped into the 2012 presidential fray, the GOP's field of candidates is firmer than ever. And yet, odds are that Huntsman's entry will not ameliorate the big problem faced by the GOP's 2012 candidates: Republican voters just aren't all that into them. The most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that GOP primary voters are evenly split between satisfaction and the lack thereof:.
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Bill Kristol Predicts That John Thune Might Re-Enter 2012 Race
It's Monday, and are people any happier with the current state of the GOP field? I mean, Jon Huntsman is going to join up this week! How does that grab everybody? Well, mainly people are still waiting for someone new to jump into the race and be the 2012 version of Fred Thompson.
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Newt Gingrich Criticizes Departed Staffers, NBC News, For Bashing His Wife
What's going on with the troubled campaign of deeply unpopular former House Speaker Newt Gingrich? Oh, not much. Right now, the central plank in his platform appears to be asking NBC News for an apology for saying mean things about his wife Callista. Last night, he carried this brief onto the set of On The Record with Greta Van Susteren.
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Marty Kaplan: If Bachmann and Palin Weren't Pretty
I wonder how much airtime Michele Bachmann would get if she didn't look the way she does. I wonder how much of Sarah Palin's political appeal arises from her physical appeal.
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As GOP 2012 Field Firms Up, So Does Discontent Over The GOP 2012 Field
So the word is out! The GOP field for the 2012 nomination is set. And the enthusiasm is pretty much not palpable. But why is that? By my reckoning, the current field includes:.
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Mark Halperin Makes An Omission
It looks like it's all been all but decided that part of the important work of political touts circa April 2011 is to reckon why no Republicans seem to want to "take on" President Barack Obama. Conveniently, the existence of Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and a host of others gets forgotten in these ruminations.
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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup
For a long while now, we've been told that we should be impressed with the potential candidacies of Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, who have been two heads on a three-headed frontrunner with Mitt Romney. And we've been asked to take Newt Gingrich and his perennial campaign seriously as well, if for no other reason than that he is EVERYWHERE, and capable of filling a campaign war chest as easy as a tree can photosynthesize.
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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup
Oh, Newt Gingrich! For four presidential cycles you have been teasing us with the idea that you are running for president. I think that two ladies have been your potential "First Lady" during that time, and dude, seriously, have you thought about that? I mean, it's going to be really hard for you to talk about the "First" Lady, right? Whatever, you probably have a PAC that's specifically dealing with that issue, so I'll let it go.
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HuffPost TV: WATCH: HuffPost's Sam Stein Discusses GOP Presidential Contenders On 'Hardball'
Huffington Post Political Reporter Sam Stein appeared Wednesday on MSNBC's 'Hardball,' along with Clarence Page of The Chicago Tribune, to discuss contenders for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination.
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Late Returns: Everything You Need To Know About This Palin Tell-All
It is unclear whether or not the memoir being shopped around by former Palin aide Frank Bailey, "In Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of our Tumultuous Years," will find a publisher.
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