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Can Tim Pawlenty Win Minnesota?

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Friday, November 13, 2009 at 10:36 am

Eric Kleefeld points to a Rasmussen poll of Minnesota that has only 42 percent of voters in that state backing Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) in a possible presidential bid; 46 percent would oppose him.

This shouldn’t be surprising. In his two successful bids for governor, Pawlenty has received 46 percent and 47 percent of the vote. The reason? Minnesota’s Independence Party, which elected Gov. Jesse Ventura in 1998 but usually acts as a spoiler, typically for the Democrats. And since edging toward a presidential bid, Pawlenty has made hard rhetorical shifts to the right — such as suggesting that health care reform might be unconstitutional — that have been ripped apart in state newspapers. In this, Pawlenty is similar to Mitt Romney — a success in his own state who would not be able to carry it after tacking hard right to become the GOP nominee.

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patiricazurenda
Comment posted November 22, 2009 @ 2:38 pm

There are an enormous number of Minnesotans who have wittnessed Pawlenty forsake the needs of the State of Minnesota and all Minnesotans for a run at the presidency. The I-35 bridge collapse was the tip of the iceberg. He's not one this Minnesotan would care to have in the Oval Office under any circumatances!

patiricazurenda
Comment posted November 22, 2009 @ 7:38 pm

There are an enormous number of Minnesotans who have wittnessed Pawlenty forsake the needs of the State of Minnesota and all Minnesotans for a run at the presidency. The I-35 bridge collapse was the tip of the iceberg. He's not one this Minnesotan would care to have in the Oval Office under any circumatances!

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