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Tim Pawlenty
CNN Political Ticker is reporting that Sen. John McCain dropped a very strong hint yesterday about Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty that some are taking as evidence McCain may be moving Pawlenty's way as his VP pick:
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.
This GOP source noted that McCain also said nice things about Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani, but those appeared to be standard lines he says about former rivals.
This source said McCain may have been talking about Pawlenty because the meeting was with New Hampshire GOP delegates, and the Republican convention is in Pawlenty's state.
But this source said McCain's praise was effusive, and noteworthy because it appeared to come "totally out of left field."
Pawlenty is a long-time supporter of McCain's. He's from a swing state with considerable support across the Republican Party, including evangelicals, and has always been thought by Republican strategists to be on McCain's short list.
The Minnesota governor, who is visiting Washington, was at McCain headquarters in Virginia today for meetings, according to a McCain aide.
David Brody of CBN News interviews Gov. Tim Pawlenty. They discuss McCain's connection to evangelicals.(There is video in the link provided above)
Video: Governor Pawlenty on McCain’s Relationship with Evangelicals
June 30, 2008Minnesota Governor and Vice-Presidential shortlist candidate Tim Pawlenty entered The Brody File earlier this morning. We’ll be moving video excerpts throughout the afternoon. In the clip above, Pawlenty talks about how McCain still has some work to do with his Evangelical Christian outreach. Watch above and read the transcription below.
Governor Tim Pawlenty : "John McCain is a person of faith and he is a committed Christian and he is somebody that I think is probably less comfortable being overt about that than perhaps some others might be but his value system and his belief in Christ I think is something that is part of who he is as a person and I think he is somebody who would be well received by Christian leaders and Evangelical leaders and I just want to encourage the McCain campaign to make that effort and to reach out and they are but I think there are a lot of Christian leaders, evangelical leaders who haven’t yet been contacted or who haven’t been part of meetings who are feeling perhaps, are they going to reach out to me and at a minimum we want to make sure that he is speaking on issues of concern to them and I think you’ll see perhaps more of that in the summer and fall." read more »
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The CBS News Horserace Blog has Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty moving into the top spot on their GOP VP rankings. They say the "buzz" surrounding Pawlenty has never been higher. They rank Florida Gov. Charlie Crist as No. 2 on the list, with Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal and Rob Portman rounding out the top five. You can go here for the entire Top 10.
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On yesterday's "Chris Matthews Show," Andrew Sullivan predicted that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be John McCain's choice for Vice-President. Sullivan apparently correctly predicted last year that both John McCain and Barack Obama would be the nominees for President.
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Here is video in nine parts of Sen. John McCain holding a Town Hall Meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 19, 2008. McCain is joined by Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty at the event. Notice the level of depth involved in both the questions and answers at this Town Hall Meeting. Over time, the contrast between Obama the "lightweight" and the depth of John McCain has got to make a difference - let's hope so.
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Here is video of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty on Fox News Sunday yesterday, June 8, 2008. He is appearing with Democratic Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Pawlenty makes it clear that for all his rhetoric, Barack Obama has not record of working for change across the aisle in the U.S. Senate.
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Here is Fox News video of a discussion last night, March 6, 2008, on Hannity & Colmes, with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty about the type of person John McCain needs as a Vice-Presidential running mate. Pawlenty is often being mentioned as a possible choice for VP:
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