Thune Passed the Audition for Controlled Opposition

On Tuesday afternoon, one week after Republicans lost at least seven Senate seats and both chambers of Congress, Senate Republicans handed John Thune (R-SD) two more years as their leader. No one ran against him. No ballot was counted; he and his top lieutenants were reinstated by acclamation. An effort to postpone the vote and first debate what went wrong reportedly failed 15 to 31. The audition is over. Thune got the part: minority leader, the respectable opposition that objects loudly and yie...