Cross-Post// Ellsberg gets a reprieve from closure: a boost to Thune

[Nothing Without Hope]

The LA TImes article is on both the Ellsberg base remaining open for the forseeable future and a base in New Mexico remaining open until at least 2009. The Wash Post article is a paean implying Thune accomplished this single-handedly and that it will give his Senatorial career a huge boost. Here's the main thread with excerpts and comments in GD-P:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2039290
Thread title: LA Times: Ellsworth AF Base in S Dakota to remain open, Thune's ass saved

Interestingly, in one of the replies a local paper is cited to say that Thune gave equal credit to SD's Democratic senator, Johnson:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2039290&mesg_id=2039588