On MSNBC, T-Paw won’t rush in where others fear to tread: critiquing Limbaugh

Gov. Tim Pawlenty moved from one media platform to the next yesterday, topping off three hours as guest host on a local Christian talk radio station with six minutes on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.” Pawlenty stepped gingerly around Rush Limbaugh‘s “I hope Obama fails” comments and seemed confident that his own comments to Maddow wouldn’t incur Rush’s wrath. Why? Because he’d done his homework: “I read what he said today, or quoted from the other day, very carefully.” Rather than disavowing the rightwing radio titan, T-Paw says Rush is part of the GOP “symphony” (I’m thinking massive tuba section) that will eventually earn the party ovations. Video after the jump.

Pawlenty interview, his third appearance on Maddow’s show, starts at 4:15: