In Pawlenty, Romney Campaign May Find Down-to-Earth Appeal.

[elleng]

It was four years ago this summer, when Tim Pawlenty ranked high on the list of John McCain’s potential running mates, and Mr. Pawlenty and his wife, Mary, were plowing through a voluminous questionnaire probing deep into their finances and almost every other aspect of their lives.

“I remember the two of us joking one night at some inhumane hour, ‘No way is Mitt Romney doing this by himself!’ ” Mr. Pawlenty later wrote in his book. “We had a good laugh over that.”

After a short-lived presidential bid of his own last year, Mr. Pawlenty is again being considered for the Republican ticket. His fate is in the hands of Mr. Romney, a rival-turned-friend, who is on the cusp of announcing his vice-presidential selection. Mr. Romney has reached a decision, his friends believe, and he may disclose it as soon as this week.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/us/politics/pawlenty-looked-at-as-romney-running-mate.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120716

[lamp_shade]

1. Any self-respecting prospect has to say "no". I suspect that at this point he'll

take anybody... anybody... who say's "yes".

[davidpdx]

2. AWM-Any warm body

LOL

[Angry Dragon]

3. T-Paw = empty suit

[customerserviceguy]

4. T-Paw is desperate

He thought he could spin the 2008 GOP Convention in St. Paul into a Presidential nomination this year, but he'll settle for silver. The only thing that gets rough is when they bring up his use of the word "Obamneycare", it will be like asking Bush, Sr. about "voodoo economics".

[Lucy Goosey]

5. I have a hard time understanding how anyone finds any type of "appeal" in Pawlenty

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

(Sorry, dozed off there, T-Paw has that effect on me.)

[WI_DEM]

6. Good, ask him hard questions about his role in the Minnesota Bridge disaster

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Timmy's ambition has become so raw and desperate

since he was spurned for Tundra Snooki* last time (even after living in McCain's pants for a year) that he's probably been volunteering as Mittens' car elevator operator, just hoping to get a chance to hand Mittens' chauffeur a copy of his resume to pass on to His Banefulness. Timmy is kind of pathetic; he's like the barista at a Hollywood Starbuck's who tries to give a dogeared copy of his screenplay to every producer's assistant who comes in for a double skim latte.


*The best nickname for SP I've seen on DU in awhile.

[CTyankee]

8. "Tell us what happened to that bridge, governor Pawlenty..."

I can't wait. O, to see Joe Biden in the VP debate serve that one up to T-Paw...

[Bluenorthwest]

9. The man is a walking sleeping pill, dullness personified, and a proven repeat loser

so a perfect choice for Willard.

[Avalux]

10. Rmoney and T-Paw. YAWNNNN!!!!

I'm not sure the logic behind picking Pawlenty, certainly won't add any enthusiasm to the ticket. People didn't like him 4 years ago at all.

[WI_DEM]

11. a boring, unexciting man playing second to a boring unexciting man

[flamingdem]

12. What about John Thune?

He's being vetted

[n2doc]

13. A white bread sandwich, that's the ticket!

Hard to find a worse campaigner than Mittens, but T-paw has him beat by a country mile. People will use their rally tapes as sleep aids.

[Arkana]

14. I suppose, in the sense that Pawlenty has the charisma and appeal of dirt.

[gkhouston]

15. Well, it would be a great ticket if they were running for Undertaker. n/t

[BlueStater]

16. Appeal to insomnia sufferers, maybe. n/t