Can the people of Alabama weigh in first please? The swamp wants to pick it’s own swamp creatures - this swamp club has to be dismantled. The best thing Mr. Thune can do is STFU.
You have to realize, the ruling elite's "election mechanism" has been so dominant and effective up until Trump that many IN that elite consider it "foolproof" (We The People, being the "fools" in question").
So it only makes sense for them to continue trying to use it; like a soldier shooting at a body armor clad enemy. What else has he got? They know how effective it's been in the past so like that soldier hoping to get "lucky" with a particular shot, they just keep shooting, only in a more "focused" fashion.