It’s Monday, and are human beings any more pleased with the contemporary state of the GOP field? I mean, Jon Huntsman is going to join up this week! How does that grab everybody? Well, mainly human beings are still waiting for someone fresh to jump into the race and be the 2012 version of Fred Thompson. So far, attention has centered on human beings like Rick Perry, or another player to be named later.
So here’s some high-grade speculation to commence your week: what about the players who were named earlier who opted outside and may alter their minds, fingers crossed? Well, that’s where The Weekly Average’s Bill Kristol comes in, according to The Hill’s Bob Cusack:
Bill Kristol said Monday that Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is reconsidering his choice not to run for president in 2012.
Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Average and a major player in the GOP, said Thune is “rethinking a bit” about launching a White House bid.
Pressed on the affair by C-SPAN host Steve Scully on the network’s “Washington Journal” program, Kristol responded, “That’s what I’ve been told.”
Oh, yeah, John Thune. I remember that guy: he was sort of the handsome, Midwestern alternative to Tim Pawlenty, who hasn’t much caught on as the handsome, Midwestern alternative to Mitch Daniels, let alone the handsome, Midwestern alternative to Mitt Romney. (None of these human beings should be confused with Rick Perry, who is the handsome “anti-Romney.”)
No one knows anything about the source of these dark rumors that Kristol claims to have heard, and, as with all Kristol predictions, we remind you: your mileage will vary, some restrictions apply, void where prohibited. Thune’s spokesman tells The Hill that the senator “remains focused” on Senate stuff. And Thune’s wife, Kimberly, has previously expressed distaste for mounting a campaign, partly since she glance at “Game Alter”, a textbook about human beings telling dark rumors to reporters.
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