John Thune: “I again strongly urge USTR to be more ambitious to bolster America's presence in the region.”

If you want to have a Republican Senate majority after the election — is not to have us turning fire on each other, but drawing contrasts with Democrats.

If you look at Maine, in North Carolina, in Ohio, in Iowa, in Alaska, you know, it's the Indy voters, it is the middle of the electorate, and we are not talking to them when we are arguing with each other over whether or not to eliminate…

The election ought to be painting a contrast between us and the Democrats and not creating conflicts with fellow Republicans.

I mean, I think that Ron's gonna work on it over the break, and his team, and we'll see what they come up with.