[Matchett-PI]

I think the VP nominee may be Pawlenty based upon two things I heard this morning on Fox.

In the 9:00 hour Bill Hemmer (FNC) asked his quest, Michael Steele, who he hoped McCain’s pick would be and he said, “Pawlenty”, elaborating on his reasons for why he would be a good choice.

In the 10:00 hour (10:20 aprox), Hemmer had Rush Limbaugh on the phone to get his take on the DNC convention so far and Hillary’s speech last night in particular.

During the phone interview, Hemmer asked Rush who he thought would be a good VP choice for McCain that would excite his base. Rush said that the McCain campaign is really hitting on all cylinders right now, what with all the great ads they’re putting out, etc., and that McCain needs to make sure he doesn’t blow it with a bad VP choice. He mentioned Pawlenty’s name first, as “one that would excite the base” and Romney’s name second.

Just guessing, but if I was a betting person, I would bet that the “inside” word is “Pawlenty”.

If we hear Pawlenty’s name being promoted on talk-radio today, I will be even more confident on my take.

McCain may want to create some “buzz” out there about Pawlenty so as to give people something other to think about other than the DNC dog-and-pony show going on in Denver.

[Miss Didi]

Two weeks ago, Karl Rove was singing Tim and Mrs. Pawlenty's praises to Sean. However, Karl said when he's on the road, the base tells him they want Mitt.

Look at what Rush put on his site this week:


Weak pick. The Democrats know they're in big trouble.

[NeoCaveman]

I heard second hand that a GOP bigwig in Ohio thinks it is Pawlenty.