John Thune was in South Carolina last night for the GOP's annual Silver Elephant Dinner:
The purpose of the event is to honor grass-roots political activists, said Luke Byars, the state GOP’s executive director.
The event raised more than $200,000 for the state GOP.
The keynote speaker was U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, who gained national notoriety for defeating U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, the GOP’s No. 1 target in last year’s elections. ...
“I give the president credit for being willing to spend capital on addressing problems. He could have put it on autopilot in his second term and coast. But he realizes we have an opportunity here to address something long term like Social Security. It’s in our interest to deal with it now rather than later,” Thune said.
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