1) Uh, he’s many things, but vibrant is not one

2)He grew up Catholic, but does not practice

3) tried and tested – meh

4) okay

5) that’s probably his best attribute

that’s sad that he could be more charismatic and telegenic than anyone. I feel sorry for those sad souls.

In a long lost comment that I just typed (darn Internal Service error), that’s just what I said: he’s no good on the attack, just like Quayle. He’s a nice enough guy, but a VP has to make attacks that the guy at the top of the ticket can’t make for fear of raising his own negatives. Pawlenty is too mild mannered for his attakcs to stick. When he does attack its at around the level of vigor that I get from my university librarian for keeping a book out too long.

I’m not sure what the Kossacks mean by “Quayle”-ing Pawlenty, but Pawlenty’s similarities to Quayle aren’t something that the Democrats need to point out. It’s simply a weakness that the two share.

Did he really say that? That’s a BAD one. Some things are and should be private.

If he hasn’t managed to woo the wife, keep it to himself. TMI.

Proper grammar saves lives.

Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.

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Rs select leaders and candidates on the basis of principles instead of group identity. On the basis of principles Pawlenty is a safe choice.

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He said so in very certain terms. He says he was never even vetted. So, no Huck.

and I can definitely tell you that Kay Bailey Hutchison would be a bad pick. Though at least 10 years younger than McCain, she looks as old or older than he does. She is not a great public speaker. Also she is not conservative enough to shore up the support from the right wing of the Republican party that McCain desperately needs to win in November. (No matter how much he pulls from the center, if he loses the right wing, he’s toast.)

As for Pawlenty, I agree with the idea that he’s a “safe” choice. But McCain doesn’t need safe. He needs excitement, he needs a bolt of lightning in his campaign. He needs to do something to show that he can be an agent of change (without having to crow about it like Obama).

I am hoping against all hope to see Sarah Palin standing beside McCain in Dayton later this AM.

Palin is young (compared to McCain), but unlike a much younger man, this will not accenutate McCain’s age. McCain is running as the maverick, trying to end corruption and earmarks in Washington, and Palin fits right in with him on this. And Palin is, for a politician, an expert on energy policy, especially regarding oil. And energy (Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less! Or at least keep American money in America!) can be the issue McCain uses to run over Obama if it’s done correctly. She’ll attract some of the disgruntled Hillary vote. She’ll be able to connect to the “common man”; she has a working class background and her husband is a commercial fisherman. She’ll be able to address women’s issues and childrens’ health issues from a conservative point of view. And, unlike just about any of the other women being considered, she can viably be considered to serve as VP while being groomed to be the first women President of the United States after McCain steps aside in 4 or 8 years.

What’s not to like about a Palin vice presidency?