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>> bret: this is his hometown. population 679. that's what the sign says. there is one blinking light, happenedful of stop signs. his mom and dad still flif his boyhood home a block away. growing up, quarterback of the football team and star of the basketball team. a sign in the gym shows he holds record for 800 in track. in 2004, when he beat my authority leader tom daschle- dubbed a giant-killer, a real political star, not only in the state but the republican party. the national journal put him on the cover with another up and comer in the democratic party, who is now the current president. thune rose through the republican ranks and at home he became so popular, democrats didn't even field a candidate to run against him this year. >> bret: where are you for possible 2012 run? >> i am giving it
perspective. >> bret: this is his hometown. population 679. that's what the sign says. there is one blinking light, happenedful of stop signs. his mom and dad still flif his boyhood home a block away. growing up, quarterback of the football team and star of the basketball team. a sign in the gym shows he holds record for 800 in track. in 2004, when he beat my authority leader tom daschle- dubbed a giant-killer, a real political star, not only in the state but the republican party. the national journal put him on the cover with another up and comer in the democratic party, who is now the current president. thune rose through the republican ranks and at home he became so popular, democrats didn't even field a candidate to run against him this year. >> bret: where are you for possible 2012 run? >> i am giving it