John Thune: “I think it just puts a fine point on how important it is that we are really focused on agriculture.”

I just think, if you’re looking at issues that we want to get at the heart of what everybody seems to be saying, the Democrats and others are saying, are important, we're concerned about.

Odds are we plan on being here next week," said Thune.

Well, I think people are, there's voter fatigue with high gas prices and high diesel prices in my part of the world.

There’s voter fatigue with high gas prices, and high diesel prices in my part of the world.