https://redstate.com/erick/2010/12/17/an-avenue-for-mike-pence/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 18:45:19 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Brownstein has a very interesting article out today for National Journal about how the field of candidates is shaping up for 2012. He posits that the field is shaping up to be between managers like Mitt Romney and populists like Sarah Palin.I think that is, largely, a false dichotomy, but if you change what he means by &#8220;manager&#8221; I think he is on to something. I&#8217;d use a word like &#8220;establishment&#8221; or even &#8220;conventional&#8221; to describe the end of the field Brownstein calls &#8220;managerial.&#8221;But there is a relevant point here that I think needs to be explored, because I this I think Brownstein hit on something that is going to be exploited, or could be exploited, by someone like Mike Pence and only a select few others.Brownstein writes:]]>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:08:46 -0500<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/12/17/an-avenue-for-mike-pence-n37360