What bedlam?
Does anyone think South Dakota is going to elect a Democrat?
Personally, the more GOP war hoses that retire and make room for young blood, the better. They may not be better, but they certainly won’t be worse.
Look at who wants to take him out on our side Bruce Whelan is a stiff. I watched him debate Stephanie Sandlin Hersth for 60 tortuous minutes. All she had to do is smile and talk with her hands. Bright clothes. A ditz. Anyone willing to see the replay on CSPAN(2006) can see why we’re the stupid party.
Normally the house seat in SD is in line to succeed. Not this geeky RINO-forgot his name.
Thune is a phoney, swamp, douchebag ex-jock, but like McConnel, became rich selling his office and now owns a voting block of morons who keep him there no matter what.
Same vacuous imbeciles that kept sending Daschle back.
So, realistically, who do we want to replace Mitch as Senate Majority Leader if the 2022 elections aren’t stolen again?
There aren’t a lot of reliably Conservative senators from which to choose, and none really among the current “leadership”.
Ron Johnson? John Kennedy? Ted Cruz? Josh Hawley?
Noem would make a FINE Senator from SD. And with a couple of terms there, she may be able to rid herself of the horrific ‘advisers’ that she presently has and figure out that her voters are more important than the Chamber of Commerce. And assuming that, she will have ‘grown’ enough to run for the top job.
hope he retires, and good riddance. I think cornhole believes he is Mitch’s heir
If SD Republicans can’t do better than Thune, they aren’t trying at all.
S. Dakota can do way better than Thune. He definitely was an underperformer.
John Thune is a RINO, and Mitch McConnell’s right hand lackey. The people of South Dakota can’t stand him anymore. He sees the writing on the wall.
Trump is getting rid of all the RINOs, PEDO’s and corrupto’s ahead of his return. He is reshaping the party for what is to come.
Bedlam! Chaos! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
Thune should just stay put until 2025.
As a native South Dakotan (currently in Babylonian exile in the Peoples Republic of Minnesota) do not assume that the state is deep red and will automatically replace Thune with another Republican. South Dakota voters are quirky and have sent the likes of George McGovern and Tom Daschle to the Senate for multiple terms. Governor Noem is not universally popular and there are some who do not like her increasing national visibility. The Democratic Party in South Dakota however has been in the minority for decades and has not in recent years generated any credible candidates. Being a small state with only two major media markets, elections in South Dakota could be swayed with large infusions of campaign contributions from outside liberal groups provided the Democrats find a credible candidate.
We will not get new leadership by re-electing Assistant Democrats.
Complete list of the GOP Senators up in 2022:
Roy Blunt (Missouri) Has announced he will retire at end of term.
John Boozman (Arkansas)
Richard Burr (North Carolina) Has announced he will retire at end of term.
Mike Crapo (Idaho)
Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
John Hoeven (North Dakota)
Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
John Kennedy (Louisiana)
James Lankford (Oklahoma)
Mike Lee (Utah)
Jerry Moran (Kansas)
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
Rand Paul (Kentucky)
Rob Portman (Ohio) Has announced he will retire at end of term.
Marco Rubio (Florida)
Tim Scott (South Carolina)
Richard Shelby (Alabama) Has announced he will retire at end of term.
John Thune (South Dakota)
Patrick Toomey (Pennsylvania) Has announced he will retire at end of term.
Todd Young (Indiana)
Toomey, Burr, Blunt, Portman and Shelby are leaving, which helps, but there are a lot of them to primary.
Rubio and Hoeven are Amnesty Senators. They have voted for a permanent Democrat majority, can’t get any more Assistant Democrat than that.
The only ones worthy of re-election are Johnson, Paul and Kennedy.
The rest are Assistant Democrats.
Thune is a useless turd. Such a shame, because he started off solid in DC, in the House and then the Senate. Unfortunately, for the last 15 years his main thrust has been servicing his donors and his mega-donors. This turd has zero right wing ideology in his bones.
Thune retiring would be every bit as much good news as all the Democrats that are retiring. He sold his soul to the Republican establishment years ago.
Maybe the governor of South Dakota will run to fill the seat if Thune retires. I’d think he chances would be fairly good.
Get rid of that RINO and get a MAGA Republican in there.
I don't believe he's retiring. At all.
Thune could briefly inherit the Majority Leadership and stay on through 2025, which would serve to keep Barrasso at bay.
As an ongoing thing, Thune/Blunt/Ernst/Scott are sorting out succession internally.
Now here's what most people don't understand.
Ky SoS Daniel Cameron wins the Nov. 2023 Ky Goobenor's race -- trouncing Lil' Andy -- and is sworn in on December 12, 2023.
Miotch immediately announces he is "retiring as Senate Majority Leader due to health problems".
Cameron ascends to Miotch's seat. Rand Paul becomes the senior Senator from Kentucky.
Thune takes over as Majority Leader for the next 13 months, but he himself resigns a week before Trump's re-inauguration on January 20, 2025.
With the GOP Senate succession already having been quietly worked out and now set in stone, either Blunt or Ernst becomes GOP Senate Majority Leader for Trump's 2nd term. My money is on Ernst.