Pawlenty Gets It
By Chris | Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | Catch-AllThroughout this campaign season, I’ve been extremely impressed with the work that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has done as a surrogate for the McCain campaign. Pawlenty is impressive not just because he has won two competitive races for Governor running as a conservative in a blue state. Pawlenty also knows how to speak to blue-collar “Reagan Democrats” without being condescending. And if you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that this group of voters is being wooed heavily by both Presidential campaigns.
In Monday’s Washington Times, Pawlenty offered some analysis on his own Party saying, “[T]he Republican Party adheres to the free market and must realize ‘we’ve been losing market share’ and ‘our customers, namely voters, have been preferring the products of our competitor.’” Pawlenty also offers some solutions to that problem that conservatives of all stripes ought to be able to embrace.
I think John McCain could do a lot worse that picking Tim Pawlenty as his choice for Vice President. Even if he doesn’t though, I have a feeling that we’re going to continue hearing from Pawlenty in the years ahead.
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Chris Obenshain has been involved in Republican politics literally since the womb, when he attended Virginia's famous 1978 Convention in utero. 30 years later he still can't get politics out of his bloodstream. He currently works as a lawyer in southwest Virginia and serves as Chairman of the Roanoke Area Young Republicans chapter. As Old Zach, he helped found the blog Sic Semper Tyrannis in 2004 and has been blogging off and on ever since. He has also proudly served in the United States Army Reserve since 2002.
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If he does pick Pawlenty, what would that do to the tenor of his campaign? From a recent speech from Pawlenty to GOPAC:
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