John Thune: “There's a need for this and it seems like we've gotten kind of behind the eight ball.”

We absolutely have to win that race so everybody is all in for Ken Paxton.

Unfortunately, I think after two government shutdowns that have extended for a long period of time, it’s better for everybody if there’s predictability, certainty, and just to take that issue off the table.

And I think at some point it becomes a decision of what can you get the votes to do.

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…