Where in the world is Pawlenty?

The snow doesn’t seem to be slowing down Gov. Tim Pawlenty. He plans to leave Thursday on another out of state trip.

It is just one of several 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has followed over the last couple of months—fueling speculation of a Vice Presidential nod.

Aside from his day job at the capitol, Pawlenty’s side gig as John McCain’s national co-chair has him crisscrossing the nation almost every weekend so far this year.

Take a look at his itinerary: Dec. 29: Pawlenty was in New Hampshire. The next week, to the Iowa caucuses. Then it was off to Michigan. And next was sunny Florida. Last weekend he was in Illinois.

The Governor racked up more than 6,700 miles in the last 40 days—all paid for by McCain’s campaign.

That’s not all—Pawlenty has also done his share of traveling on behalf of the state and the National Governor’s Association. Pawlenty is president of the group.

In the past year, he’s been to Michigan, China, India, Arizona, and Washington D.C. on official business.

Most political experts agree that Pawlenty is a rising star in the Republican Party and is positioning himself for higher office, possibly Vice President. But Pawlenty has always said that wasn’t so.

"I'm not doing this because I want to be Vice President. I'm doing it because [McCain] would be a great president," Pawlenty said.

Don’t expect Pawlenty to slow down anytime soon. The McCain camp told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that they expect the Governor to continue stumping for the Arizona Senator as long as it takes.

Hopefully T-paw is smart enough to duck this. The good ship McCain is headed for the rocks of a landslide defeat.

McCain is the sacrificial lamb offered up by a GOP Establishment who has all ready surrendered 2008 to the Democrats. He is the 2008 Dole.

We all know McCain cannot win. Those of us who actually care about our political agenda and want it advanced and are not mindless Party Uber Alles types who treat this as if it were a sporting event know it. We do not watch polls to decide who to support the way McCainiac do. Given the Democrats structural advantage in organization, turn out and money who had a better chance of winning?

Whole Country is in a foul mood. They hate the Political class with a passion. Everyone from the President to the least member of Congress has record low sustained political approval numbers.

The GOP, because they hold the WH, is seen as the party in power.

Given the country’s furious Anti DC mood who has a better chance of winning against Clinton Inc?

A tired broke old 25 year member of the DC Establishment who is running on a Leftist agenda with a long politically corrupt history who virtually no one in the Conservative Movement likes or trusts who’s stated political agenda is to be Democrat Lite

an articulate successful business man and former Gov with a $250 million war chest who at least is running on a solidly Conservative agenda who can credibly run a Reagan style “we got to go clean up DC” campaign?

9 months ago according to all the National Polls the only person who could beat Clinton Inc was Rudy G. Where is he now?

That is where the GOP and McCain will be in Nov 2008. The GOP will be lucky to win 10 states. We are going to get massacred down ticket also. The Democrats are fired up. They are going to have huge turnout since it will be the 1st chance in 15 years for them to control the whole Govt. They are like we were in 2000. They will be ground glass Democrats.

The Mods-Indys are NOT going to vote for McCain’s style of Democrat lite politics. The are in a foul anti Establishment mood and McCain is as Establishment as they get. A career old WASP politician. The Mods/Indys are going to vote for the the Democrat real deal over the Democrat Lite GOP brand.

The Conservative/Republican will not be energized and so many will not show up, certainly will not volunteer their time and money to campaign. McCain’s GOTV will be a sad joke. After all, what the difference between one tax hiking big Govt authoritarian Liberal or the other to them. Either way Conservatives get nothing

The GOP are going to get a 1980s style butt kicking in Nov. Only this time the Anti Reagan the Democrats will be running is the one winning the landslide.

“Whole Country is in a foul mood. They hate the Political class with a passion. Everyone from the President to the least member of Congress has record low sustained political approval numbers.”
Oh man, have you got that right!Furious doesn’t come close to how I feel!
We’ve been in a perpetual election cycle since the mid-terms of ‘06. The electorate used to get a breather between elections...now we just begin the next cycle almost as soon as the polls close on the previous one. Personally, I am heartily sick of ALL politicians!I utterly despise all the candidates that are left standing right now. For the first time since I’ve been old enough to vote, I am seriously considering sitting out a Presidential election. And at the same time, the idea of just rolling over to allow Hillary or Obama to “remake” America, as the Hildebeast has proclaimed, makes me want to puke.
Or, do I vote for a Republican candidate who may vigorously prosecute the War On Terror, and give America away to Mexico instead?
I’ve had it with “compassionate conservatism”. I am tired of being lied to, pushed aside, used and having my most dearly held principles denigrated by a GOP leadership who is determined to “re-brand” the party, as though liberty’s principles were a brand of soda pop or potato chips. That effort is being led by our very own mud-for-brains Governor! I am in a foul mood, and I don’t know what to do at this point. I am not optimistic for the future, no matter who occupies the White House for the next 4 years. It’s like your only choices are drinking hemlock or arsenic.
Sorry for the rant, but that’s my perspective, at least for the present.

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