[markomalley]

Fairly obvious that the establishment is worried and want to get their immaculation out of the way without those troubling primaries.

[ZULU]

Two pees in a pod.

[prairiebreeze]

Tim who??

[SoConPubbie]

Fairly obvious that the establishment is worried and want to get their immaculation out of the way without those troubling primaries.

Nawww.

Rick Perry is their backup.

[normy]

For people to continue to try to paint Perry as "establishment" is obviously wrong. I believe Perry has MItt right where he wants him. Ths SS issue is going to draw Mitt into a trap. Perry never said to do away with it and Mitt and Pawlenty are making that jump.

It's interesting to see this play out. Pawlenty touts Mitt's strategic line. Bachmann hammers Perry from the "right" and Palin s out there backing Perry on his SS comments.

The dividing line will continue to become clearer. It will be interesting if we start to see Palin defending Perry more as others continue to attack or will she jump into the frenzy?

[CSI007]

The two GOP front runners are more of the same. Maybe one less than the other on the surface but rest assured the outcome will likely be very close to the same for both candidates.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“”Pawlenty also said he would not consider being the Republican vice presidential nominee””

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Pawlenty does not have to decline being VP because Romney will not be the Presidential candidate.

[indianrightwinger]

I read that on another site and was shaking my head big time. What is the hurry?

[ThePatriotsFlag]

I sensed something was wrong with this guy ... now I know.

[ilgipper]

Looks like this fool was ok with Obamney-care all along. What a joke. He just endorsed the individual mandate.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Like there was never any doubt that Pawlenty was a RINO.

[sushiman]

The fix is in just like in 2008 . Obama 2012 if you are a betting man .

[TomGuy]

That endorsement will have rippling effects that ...

yawn ...

wha? who? huh?

[NeverForgetBataan]

“Pawlenty also said he would not consider being the Republican vice presidential nominee”
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That’s good, because that puss was not on anybody’s short list.

And he knows it.

[presently no screen name]

"Romney is running for president because he is deeply committed to our country, troubled by its current condition, and I believe he can turn it around."

So concerned - since the last election he was in the background and not speaking out! Get lost Pawlenty - you with the good old boy politics - and take your friend with you! When the media vets him for 3 yrs and all his emails are exposed - get back to us. The golden boy days are over!

[org.whodat]

Seems a who group of people are trying the same thing for other rinos, but at least Willard has not spent his whole life as a career politician..

[LibLieSlayer]

ALL of your favorite republican machine party elites will endorse the candidate most like oba-imam but not actually being obama... progressive is as progressives do.

LLS

[alstewartfan]

Analysts speculate that his rabid supporter may be greatly influenced by this endorsement.

[Servant of the Cross]

Ping to a Pawlenty/Romney thread. Which immediately has an attempted hi-jacking to a 'Hate Perry' thread.

These 'tools' are so predictable ... and laughably so.

[Joe 6-pack]

It’s going to be hard to stop the Romeny juggernaut now that he’s picked up Pawlenty’s 0.004% of the vote.

[GBA]

The Establishment GOP is playing two cards, Romney and Perry, and will be happy with either of these two native sons continuing the GOP's kinder, gentler progressivism.

You want real change, you'll need a Constitutionally inspired reformer to do it. Neither Perry nor Romney is that person.