Posted on 09/16/2021 1:18:32 PM PDT by cotton1706
John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, is struggling with a crucial decision: Whether to ask South Dakota voters for six more years in office.
Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Senate Republican, says Iowa voters are increasingly urging him to run again, and he's now considering moving up his much-anticipated announcement about whether to extend his 40 years of service in the chamber.
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont -- a Senate veteran of 46 years who is third in line of presidential succession -- says he'll make a decision "after I go snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing."
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, who faces a tough path to reelection in Wisconsin next year, says deciding whether to seek a third term is on the "backburner" for him. And GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has been targeted by former President Donald Trump, has yet to explicitly say she will run again.
As the midterm election season begins to take shape, party leaders are closely watching the decisions the five senators make about their political careers, something that could reshape the body, spark internal jockeying for key leadership positions and alter the race for the next Senate majority.
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He's Mitch McConnell's hand-picked successor and we could really use somebody else leading the Senate Republicans, like John Kennedy of LA, for example.
Chuck Grassley SHOULD retire. Too old. Doesn't have the energy or the stomach to fight the left.
Micro Rubio, John Hoeven and Thune need to be replaced.
Thune isn’t retiring.
John take the money as before, make the compromise vote and then get along to your feathered bed. And just so you know, we are on to you.
I’d they need advice here it is: Johnson - fight it out if you think you can win. You other jokers: get the hell out
Lisa Cowski too
He can barely talk, he ain't doing much skiing.
“a Senate veteran of 46 years who is third in line of presidential succession”
Somebody needs to take a civics class. Nazi Pelosi is 3rd in line to be Resident.
Both sides, left and right, are included.
CNN. Only one Democrat is mentioned.
Thune has turned out to be a sniveling little creep.
Of course, how could I forget the worst one.
Not to mention who is up in 2024, like Feinstein, who they say can't remember her name.
Time to replace all the Rhinos and leadership of the RNC.
We need a do over.
Most of them sound like democrats to me.
Vermont’s Leaky Leahy should have been replace 30 years ago along with Mr. Porn Sanders.
get out. all of you, except maybe johnson.
Senate veteran of 46 years who is third in line of presidential successionExcuse me Ranu Raju, no matter what Leaky Leahy tells you, third in line for presidential succession is the Speaker Of The House.
Ignorance is bliss.
What I think they mean is:
1st - Heels Up
2nd - Ice cream drunk whore
3rd - Vermont Commie
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