John Thune: “The goal in all this should be getting the rates down, promoting economic growth.”

It's an economic frustration.

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

I worry about that, for sure.

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.