John Thune: “Those that do not will suffer.”

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

I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.

It's an economic frustration.

The only conclusion one can draw is that the Democrats have concluded that it is good politics for them not to allow the Republicans to ‘get a victory’ or the president to ‘get a victory’ in the middle of a political season.