Thanks for the note about Thune...do you know if there is a transcript of his speech..
NOT that I don't trust him...I don't trust the media..BUT, I know of 2 cases where Thune has already come out AGAINST something that Bush has wanted..and he did it "on the media record"..
So..with his track record, here in his FIRST term...I would like to read exactly what he did say.
http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/072006/thune.html
This is an article from The Hill. Seems to be an accurate record of what Thune said.
I don't think there's a transcript; it was one of those 30-60 second reporting jobs and the guy who fills in for Brit on Fridays (sorry, I can never remember his name) said something like: Thune called reporters to complain about their reporting and says that he never said that Republicans should distance themselves from the president this Noovember. What he said was that Republicans shouldn't let Democrats frame .....and then I missed the rest of it because the phone rang.