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Veep Beat: Pawlenty Gets Second Look, Jindal Stock Rising
ABC News ^

Posted on 07/16/2012 7:13:04 AM PDT by Perdogg

PAWLENTY GETS A SECOND LOOK: Mitt Romney has already made his decision on who he’ll pick as his running mate, an announcement which could come this week, according to a New York Times report, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who shares a close relationship with the Romney family and has become an energetic cheerleader for the GOP nominee, sits at the top of the list four years after he was passed over for the number two spot by John McCain. “After a short-lived presidential bid of his own last year, Mr. Pawlenty is again being considered for the Republican ticket. His fate is in the hands of Mr. Romney, a rival-turned-friend, who is on the cusp of announcing his vice-presidential selection. Mr. Romney has reached a decision, his friends believe, and he may disclose it as soon as this week,” the

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 2012veep; benedictromney; iwontvoteforromney; naturalborncitizen; naturalborncuban; naturalbornindian; naturalbornsubject; notnbc; romney4romney; stenchofromney
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Please pick Martinez.
1 posted on 07/16/2012 7:13:08 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

White bread, meet milk toast......I am sooooo excited.....


2 posted on 07/16/2012 7:19:37 AM PDT by Donkey Odious (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: Perdogg

Let Newt destroy Biden in a debate - please!


3 posted on 07/16/2012 7:24:02 AM PDT by larryleo (We all need to get Newtered!)
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To: Perdogg

Pick a Purple borderline state and a moderate “conservative” (rino) and or pro-Amnesty. That will be our man or women.


4 posted on 07/16/2012 7:24:10 AM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the StatistI)
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To: Perdogg

It’s going to be Jindal. I’d be willing to be your house on it.


5 posted on 07/16/2012 7:34:05 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Obama Admits He Can't Fix What Bush Broke, So Why Reelect Obama?)
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To: Donkey Odious

White bread, meet milk toast......I am sooooo excited.....


Dang,no salt or pepper either.


6 posted on 07/16/2012 7:38:11 AM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the StatistI)
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To: Perdogg

So is Thune per another thread.

Looks like the Condi Rice trial balloon crashed. [Thank goodness]


7 posted on 07/16/2012 7:38:21 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Brookhaven

He is pro-life.


8 posted on 07/16/2012 7:39:07 AM PDT by Perdogg (Let's leave reading things in the Constitution that aren't there to liberals and Dems)
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To: Perdogg
He is pro-life.

He is also a serious Christian.

Raised a Hindu, he choose to become a christian as a young adult. He's not just a christian because that's what his parents were. That will have a strong appeal to conservative christians--a group Romney needs to at least mollify.

9 posted on 07/16/2012 7:43:39 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Obama Admits He Can't Fix What Bush Broke, So Why Reelect Obama?)
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To: Perdogg

I like Pawlenty, but he isn’t going to generate any votes for Romney.


10 posted on 07/16/2012 7:44:51 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Perdogg
One thing to consider is that it would be impolite/impolitic for Pawlenty not to be mentioned in the Veepstakes, from both Mittens' and Pawlenty's pov. I despise kabuki but this is what it is. I still say it's Rubio.
11 posted on 07/16/2012 7:47:54 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (=)
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To: StAnDeliver

I like Rubio too.


12 posted on 07/16/2012 7:49:07 AM PDT by Perdogg (Let's leave reading things in the Constitution that aren't there to liberals and Dems)
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To: Brookhaven; Perdogg

RE: It’s going to be Jindal. I’d be willing to be your house on it.

OK, but how does he stand the test of the Natural Born clause? Everytime either Jindal or Marco Rubio’s names are brought up, inevitably the question of meeting the constitutional requirement arises.


13 posted on 07/16/2012 7:49:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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Like Jindal a lot. GOP will have to figure out how to deal with the goofy Phlegmocrat questions on how a person of Indian descent would deal with a militant Pakistani government should the situation arise.


14 posted on 07/16/2012 7:50:01 AM PDT by WillVoteForFood
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To: StAnDeliver

Heart says West. Gut says Jindal. Brain says Portman. But what do I know - it’s fun to guess anyway. ABO baby!


15 posted on 07/16/2012 7:50:34 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL! Are you trying to start something? :)

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/the_good_news_rubios_eligible.html

http://www.humanevents.com/2012/04/26/marco-rubio-is-a-natural-born-citizen-just-like-john-fremont-and-chester-arthur/


16 posted on 07/16/2012 7:54:05 AM PDT by Perdogg (Let's leave reading things in the Constitution that aren't there to liberals and Dems)
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To: SeekAndFind

The NBC clause is a moot point. If the powers that be have no problem with a Kenyan in the White Hut, then certainly there is no obstacle with Jindal. He was born in the USA. That nowadays is all that matters.


17 posted on 07/16/2012 7:57:45 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Ravi
I would love to see Jan Brewer —

she waged her finger in obamas face so well—
if they chose her she could be the mouthpiece for all
that is bad in obamaland

18 posted on 07/16/2012 7:58:56 AM PDT by freedommom
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To: Perdogg

Confidence by conservatives (in Romney) already teeter-totters on the “anybody but Obama” precipice, but if he doesn’t pick a strong conservative for VP, I’m afraid he’s wasted a lot of doners’ money as patriots will just remove the clothespins from their noses and stay home on election.

As Romney seems determined to morph into John McCain, coupled with the vote “engineering” of the Obama crowd, we’ll have a front row seat to the demise of America.

Romney is not a fighter. He doesn’t have the savvy to keep an ace up his sleeve.

IMHO, he can overcome the Bain Capital thing, and the tax return reluctance, but the wrong choice for VP will do him in.

Col. West for VP would be a master stroke, but I won’t hold my breath, because West is not a RINO.


19 posted on 07/16/2012 8:00:14 AM PDT by FrankR (You are enslaved to the extent of charity that you receive!)
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To: Perdogg

It’s not that Pawlenty is a bad guy, or has too much baggage or anythinZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


20 posted on 07/16/2012 8:00:56 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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