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→‎Ranking of Potential Republican Candidates by Likelihood of Winning Nomination: Thune moves from #16 to the bottom
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|New to national politics, not well known and maybe a future presidential candidate beyond 2012.
 
|New to national politics, not well known and maybe a future presidential candidate beyond 2012.
 
|Rarely on Fox
 
|Rarely on Fox
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|[[John Thune]]
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|Defeated [[Tom Daschle]], relatively conservative voting record for a senator; also taller than Obama, and enjoys broad support
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|May lack an essential "fire in the belly";<ref>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/assessing-john-thunes-2012-cha.html?referrer=emaillink</ref> voted for TARP financial bailout<ref>http://hoghouseblog.com/2009/09/01/thune-wants-to-end-bailout-he-voted-for/</ref> and McCain-Feingold campaign finance; no-show at some conservative events; hasn't effectively criticized Obama; could simply become a stalking horse candidate for Gingrich
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|Rarely on Fox, but featured in a cover story by the ''Weekly Standard''
   
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|[[Ken Cuccinelli]]
 
|[[Ken Cuccinelli]]
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|Inexperience; already voting with the Democrats in the Senate; voted to repeal [[DADT]]
 
|Inexperience; already voting with the Democrats in the Senate; voted to repeal [[DADT]]
 
|Has been on Fox
 
|Has been on Fox
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|[[John Thune]]
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|Defeated [[Tom Daschle]], relatively conservative voting record for a senator; also taller than Obama, and enjoys broad support
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|Announced on Feb. 22, 2011 that he's not running; may lack an essential "fire in the belly";<ref>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/assessing-john-thunes-2012-cha.html?referrer=emaillink</ref> voted for TARP financial bailout<ref>http://hoghouseblog.com/2009/09/01/thune-wants-to-end-bailout-he-voted-for/</ref> and McCain-Feingold campaign finance; no-show at some conservative events; hasn't effectively criticized Obama; could simply become a stalking horse candidate for Gingrich
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|Rarely on Fox, but featured in a cover story by the ''Weekly Standard''
 
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