Yesterday, CNN quoted SD Sen. John Thune commenting on 2012 speculation:
"I may go across Iowa, but it will be to get somewhere."
Bret Hayworth of Iowa's Sioux City Journal responds.
Thune can be forgiven if he takes his 2010 re-election bid with less concern and actually looks ahead at a 2012 presidential bid.
But he might want to watch his words, as he’s received some attention for a line in a CNN profile.
Downplaying any presidential aspirations, Thune obliquely referenced the important Iowa caucuses in the selection process, speaking thusly: “I may go across Iowa, but it will be to get somewhere.”
That caused Democratic activist Taylor West to tweet that Some of us think Iowa IS somewhere.
Notice it's a Dem tweeting the concern.
Thune's line doesn't seem to be any more provocative than the standard "deflectation" (or at least that's how Michael Scott, quite sincerely, would probably pronounce "deflect").
