Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Could Tim Pawlenty win the GOP nom?

This guy thinks so, and I only link because he correctly pegged John McCain in 2007, back when McCain's campaign looked like it was over before it had begun.

1) Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota.
2) Mike Pence, US Representative from Indiana.
3) Rick Perry, Governor of Texas.
4) Jim DeMint, US Senator from South Carolina.
5) Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi.
6) Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana.
7) John Thune, US Senator from South Dakota.
8) Mitt Romney, former Governor from Massachusetts.
9) Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
10) Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida.
11) Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana.
12) Bob Corker, US Senator from Tennessee.
13) John Kasich, former US Congressman from Ohio.
14) Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska.
15) Dan Quayle, former Vice President.

His list goes to 25.

I saw clips of Pawlenty's CPAC speech and thought it wasn't very good. The Elin Woods reference was bad timing. But he has time to get better, and voters tends to like governors. From what I've seen, I'm more interested in what Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels are going to do. I would rank Mitt Romney higher, but I think he's the placeholder until The Powers That Be can find a candidate they like more.

Man. Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina have too much power.

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