He is not for cap and tax anymore. He has been upfront about the mistake from the get go. I don’t have any reason to think he will sign a cap and tax bill into law at this point. He isn’t my first choice at this point, but I would consider him “acceptable” and would gladly vote for him on the ballot with Zero. Other than environmental issues, he has pretty much been down the line conservative. The one issue where he was squishy he has come around on. His record is better than most. I don’t know much about him other than what I have read, but my friends in Minnesota have indicated he did a good job as governor. I am open to all arguements for and against Pawlenty as the vetting process moves forward. Simply calling him a RINO, which I have seen on here more than a few times, isn’t an argument.
But of course. He has a conservative base to pander to, and what better way to denounce it, almost magically. Like Romney's unicorn conversion to being pro-life.
I'm sure, however, that Pawlenty supports some type of "free market" or "conservative" version of cap-and-trade, like all Republicans do when they don't have the guts to kill statist policies outright.