That is your line up for GOP candidates for the White House in 2008 after you toss out governors from small states like SD and Misssissippi, IF THE GOP WANTS TO WIN. Throw in Rudy maybe as he was the executive of a city the bigger than many states. Senators generally don't get elected president.
This is why I thin JEB is the best candidate for the GOP. Two term governor from a big key state.
Tim Pawlenty is intriguing? If he would get the GOP over the top in Minnesota and Wisconsin, there might be no way any Dim could win. What does this thumbnail mean when it says, "Unchanged on pro-life and other social stands from his days in the legislature..."
In poll after poll jeb bush has at least 60%+ of the country saying they would never vote for him. He'll sink faster than the titanic, we just aren't going to elect another bush so quickly.
It means Pawlenty has been consistent on social issues, if not perfect. IIRC he's a 99% pro-lifer, supporting life/rape/incest exceptions?
I think he's done a great job, very good on cutting spending and restraining taxes. He had to compromise with the DFL-run state Senate on a budget bill and was denounced by the zealots for it -- I guess they expected him to wave a magic wand and make the DFLers do whatever he wanted.