If We Can’t Get John Thune To Move On Voter ID, Then He Has To Go

Enough, already. Republicans have control – albeit narrow – over the House and the Senate, with a better-than-average wider margin in the upper chamber. It’s been months now, and not only is part of the government still shut down, but we haven’t gotten any more movement on national voter ID, an issue that 80 percent of the country, Democrat and Republican voters, want. So what’s the deal? What’s the issue? Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is the issue. Because he won’t nuke the filibuster – something that Democrats will no doubt do if/when they retake control of the upper chamber because their left-wing voting base is increasingly rabid and insane – nothing is happening. The measure isn’t moving. The will of the people is actively being thwarted. This is a legislative lay-up that