Posts with the tag 'Tim Pawlenty'
Yesterday, I thought I had some impeccable information from inside sources, when I reported that it was almost sure that Tim Pawlenty would be McCain’s choice for Veep.
It appears that reports of such an occurrence were greatly exaggerated; however, at the time, the inside sources appeared to be sure of that occurrence, as well.
Nonetheless, I await to be pleasantly surprised by what will hopefully be the choice of Sarah Palin.
In a few hours we’ll all know the story.
Tags: John McCain, Ready to Lead, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty
August 29th, 2008
I just got off the phone with Andy Barnett, who informs me that he just recently spoke with Pawlenty Press Secretary, Alex Carey. While Mr. Carey did not actually state that Pawlenty was the choice, there was excitement in his voice, and he did state that Governor Pawlenty “cleared his schedule” for the weekend.
Meanwhile, according to Barnett, a source very close to the Romney campaign stated that Governor Romney had not heard anything with regard to VP plans within this past hour.
…developing
Tags: Campaign 2008, John McCain, Tim Pawlenty
August 28th, 2008
Possibly, very short list?
ROCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) – It’s VP tea leaf reading season, and a Republican source who attended a small private meeting with John McCain Tuesday in New Hampshire tells CNN that the GOP candidate dropped a serious hint about Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
The Republican source said “out of the blue” McCain told the gathering that he thinks they are “really going to like” Pawlenty.
As Chairman for the national McCain For President Committee, the perceived degree of possibility of Tim Pawlenty as a possible Veep pick for McCain has vacillated wildly since February of this year; at times it looked like he was a definite pick, at other times a longshot. Don’t get me wrong. I like Governor Pawlenty. But a Pawlenty pick would do very little to shore up McCain’s conservative bonafides. A pick of a true-blue conservative such as Bobby Jindal, on the other hand, would take the McCain campaign light years toward healing the obvious rift between conservative purists and some of the uncomfortably left-leaning policies of the McCain platform.
***UPDATE***
I guess a Bobby Jindal candidacy is not in the cards.
Tags: John McCain, Tim Pawlenty
July 23rd, 2008
Yesterday, I thought I had some impeccable information from inside sources, when I reported that it was almost sure that Tim Pawlenty would be McCain’s choice for Veep.
