From the Grand Forks Herald: On Friday, Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard magazine, and Morton Kondracke, executive editor of Roll Call, appeared on conservative talk-show host Hugh Hewitt's show. Hewitt said the Bush administration and Congress should support Thune by getting Ellsworth off the closure list.
As Hewitt put it, "they cannot close the one base after the state throws Tom Daschle out."
Kondracke disagreed, saying such a "nakedly political" move would hurt the president. But Barnes agreed with Hewitt: "Some of these bases are going to be saved, and it would be very harmful to John Thune if Ellsworth is not one of them."
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