John Thune 2012

During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln had great difficulty in finding generals who were willing to fight. These supposed leaders were tentative in there approach to military strategy. When Lincoln was asked about this he stated, "I don't need anybody but I do need somebody". He found his somebody in U.S. Grant.
The present day Republican party has an opportunity to wrest the White House in 2012 but not by nominating 'anybody'. As much as I love Sarah Palin she will have a greater impact on bringing the Republican Party together in an area not related to running for the presidency. Mitt Romney would be a good candidate except he has two things working against him: (1) he initiated the dreadful health care plan in Massachusetts while governor. It has been a massive failure and (2) he's a Mormon. That's like being a Catholic in 1960 and JFK found that to be his biggest hurdle to the presidency along with his youth. Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty are too visible too soon. People have already formed opinions on them and it spells "loser"
For these reasons I'm backing Senator John Thune, senator from South Dakota. The American electorate don't know it yet but he's as close to Ronald Reagan as we've had since, well, Reagan. Thune is an Evangelical Christian, married and the father of two daughters. He's 48 years old with Hollywood looks. In 2002 he ran for the office of senator and was defeated by Democrat Tim Johnson by 500 votes. Thune refused to have a recount which would have dragged out the recount process for months and cost the State millions. For this he gained much respect. Thune then set his site on the election of 2004 against Tom Daschle, Senate Majority Leader, and took him down. Isn''t that great. Johnson suffered a stroke and to this day is impotent in the Senate unless there's a big vote then the Dems throw him in a wheelchair and drag him to where ever he's needed. If it wasn't for the action by Thune against Johnson, Daschle would still be a perpetual thorn. As it is now, the the tax cheat is helping mess up health care with his undercover input. Thune defeated Daschle and 'somebody' defeats Harry Reid. Fantastic!
Thune is 100% Pro-Lif'e, has voted against same sex marriage and did the same for gay adoptions in D.C.
He is a supporter of Free Trade Agreements.
Thune is a proponent of gun rights and to prohibit lawsuits against gun manufacturers. When it comes to immigration he is against sanctuary cities for illegals.
Finally, the American Conservative Union has voted him a rating of 100. That's almost perfect, isn't it?
John Thune, and this will drive liberals and Democrats nuts, thinks we should cut taxes and stop wasteful spending. He wants the government to get out of the way and allow the recession to cure itself. What a novel concept!
The very best thing about Thune at this time is he is under the radar. While the MSNBC'ers of the world have their sites set on Palin, etc. Thune can go about raising a war chest while no one's looking. Better yet, he's squeaky clean, I think. In this day nothing is certain but until I'm shown otherwise, John Thune is my candidate to resurrect the country and take it back from the communists.