Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty heaped praise on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in an interview on Sky News — the British answer to another Rupert Murdoch TV holding, Fox News — that was conducted shortly before Thursday’s vice presidential debate. ”I’m impressed with…
A stock line of Sen. John McCain’s over the years has been that the vice president of the United States really only has two duties. He hasn’t always named the same two duties, but none would require of Gov.…
The agonies of Sarah Palin — from pick to Couric — have only heightened concerns about John McCain’s life expectancy. The so-called Eagleton Scenario — dropping Palin from the GOP ticket — would be a balm for those fears and could be one debate away. If the second slot reopens, veepstakes runner-up Tim Pawlenty is waiting in the wings, in Europe of all places, with freshly-burnished foreign policy experience.
During his travels across the country to stump for Sen. John McCain (and bid for the GOP veep slot), Gov. Tim Pawlenty positively owned the phrase “Sam’s Club Republican.” Today T-Paw hits the road again — D.C.-bound in fact,…
Lost in the hubbub over Hurricane Gustaf, party leaders’ phone-ins and Republican preganancy rates is what should have been a triumphal return by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzegger to the Nicollet Island Park Pavilion in Minneapolis, where last night…
Republican National Committee vice-chair Jo Ann Davidson slips while touting the party’s vice-presidential nominee on Tuesday night, potentially sending nervous Republicans — or at least one Republican — into wistful daydreams of what might have been.
When my old AM clock radio alarm went off half an hour ago, I awoke to the sound of Tim Pawlenty telling Eric Eskola that he would be at the state fair for his radio show this morning. So unless…
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More from the political wire about John McCain’s impending VP pick:
David Drucker, Roll Call: “If security sweeps are the giveaway, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may be on the brink of…
Marc Arbinder reports for The Atlantic that Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been canceling print and broadcast interviews for the day. Possibly related fact: The McCain campaign may make its candidate’s selection for running mate known before Democratic…
Politico’s Mike Allen reported this morning that McCain has made his VP pick and will notify that person today in advance of tomorrow’s planned rollout rallies in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The short list is thought to…
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