Hmmmmm: Mitt Romney to Raise Money for John Thune

John Thune is being actively encouraged to run for president in 2012. (Disclosure: I barely know a thing about him but he's kinda my guy at the moment.)

Romney's going to raise money for his 2010 election bid, which is probably kind of unnecessary.

I don't know if this means Romney isn't running, and will instead fashion himself as a kingmaker, or if he's building his credibility inside the party, being a good soldier, and undoing some of that "doesn't play nice with others" reputation he got in 2008.

He will, one presumes, say all sorts of nice things about Thune, which will, of course, be used to rebut his criticisms of Thune should the pair find themselves as rivals in 2012. I guess that's not really a big concern, because, like, duh. Different rules when you're allies than when you're rivals.

posted by Ace at 05:44 PM

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