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$\"\"$ <\/a> Man, this one is icy like the junior high girls sleepover turned jealous. John Thune, junior Senator from South Dakota, currently finds himself locked in a battle with the White House (specifically the Department of Defense) over its targeted closing of Ellsworth Air Force in South Dakota. A major part of Thune\u2019s campaign against former Senator and Senate power broker Tom Daschle was his pledge to keep Ellsworth open at all costs. He highlighted his connections with the White House as the ticket to the base\u2019s survival. Now, however, the Pentagon has slated Ellsworth for closing, a move that has Thune scrambling. As he eyes reelection in the future, he\u2019s seeing a massive Democrat attack against his supposed failure to deliver on the Ellsworth matter. In short, goes the thinking, he\u2019ll look like the ultimate fresh-faced stooge.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s think about this one for a bit. Suppose Daschle was in power at the present time. While Daschle has made no small matter of his claim to have previously saved Ellsworth, does one really think that Daschle would be able to do anything more to save Ellsworth were he in office? Negatory. One might say that Daschle wields power in the Senate and could use it to stymie Republican efforts to appoint, say, John Bolton as UN ambassador. Hold on for a sec, though; the Dems already oppose Bolton en masse<\/em>. Daschle\u2019s addition to the mix wouldn\u2019t change much at all. Perhaps there are other tricks Daschle could pull; I\u2019m not sure, though I will say this: Thune looks to be no gutless foil. He seems to be a tough cookie. Hopefully, he can endure any hue and cry that might be raised over Ellsworth\u2019s closing, if it does happen. You never know, though. Sometimes the parents get called, and in that case, the party\u2019s over, for photogenic senators or teenage girls.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"