[Vigilanteman]

Pawlenty's record needs to be reviewed in the fact that he governed one of the most liberal states in the nation for eight years.

Likewise, I was willing to cut the Mittster a little slack in 2008 for the same reason. But his subsequent defense of the mini-health care fuster cluck in Massachusetts turned me off.

Pawlenty isn't the type of guy who is likely to excite a crowd in the same way that Sarah does (with conservatives) or even ObaMao does (with the looters and the mentally challenged). And he sure isn't my first choice. But I do think he has the potential to be a better than average president, especially considering how low that standard has fallen lately.

[Dead Corpse]

If that reasoning held any reflection in the real world, Bush would have won in a landslide both elections and McCain would be POTUS right now.

A lack of principles, and a record of sticking to them, comes across nice and clear.