Thune To Hit Campaign Trail
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is venturing outside his state and workplace on Monday to campaign with a House GOP candidate in bellwether MO.
Thune is heading to St. Louis Monday -- not even a full week after Pres. Obama was there talking health care -- to campaign with Rep. Russ Carnahan's (D) challenger, atty Ed Martin.
Martin is the former CoS to ex-Gov. Matt Blunt, and he has closer ties to ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney than he does to Thune. Martin's spokesperson, Brenda Madden Kimberlin, is ex-Romney spokesperson Kevin Madden's sister, and his "Ask Ed Anything" events derived from Romney's campaign events, dubbed "Ask Mitt Anything."
Thune is going not to follow up on health care legislation, but to talk cap and trade.
Martin's camp hailed Thune as "instrumental" in halting the cap and trade bill. Carnahan voted for the measure, which passed the House last summer but which has been held up in the Senate.
Thune can afford to spend time outside his home state, even though he's up for re-election this year. Thune has drawn no opponents yet and the filing deadline in SD is Mar. 30.