Pawlenty pushes back on Biden talk

Posted at 11:42 AM on August 24, 2008 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)

We posted earlier that some now have doubts about Gov. Pawlenty being on the ticket with John McCain. Pawlenty pushed back during his appearance on CNN this morning. He said:

Calling Biden "long-winded," Pawlenty told host Wolf Blitzer, "I think any of the people that Senator McCain is thinking about for vice president will be more than able to hold their own against Senator Biden."

Pawlenty also declined to talk about his chances of being VP.

He also addressed the abortion issue during an interview with the Allentown Morning Call. He was asked whether former PA Gov. Tom Ridge's pro-choice stance could hurt him in the Veepstakes.

• Q: Gov. Tom Ridge, another governor whose name has been thrown about, remarked recently that the Republican electorate could accept a pro-choice vice president. What do you think....


• A: I think any presidential candidate is going to look at any number of things when they pick their vice presidential running mate. The person has to be ready to be president of the United States. And as John McCain said, his administration is going to reflect his values and principals and priorities and that would include the vice president and anybody who serves in the cabinet and any senior leaders and John McCain has been committed to the pro life cause in an unwavering consistent way for his whole career. I think Tom Ridge has also said and this is an important part that whoever the vice president is would support the policies of the president.


• Q: Is that a yes you agree with Ridge, or a no?


• A: The way I look at it, Sen. McCain has said his administration including the senior leaders of the administration would share and reflect his priorities and values for the country. If you want any more on that you would have to ask Sen. McCain.

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Comments (2)

Despite the Dems and the allied main stream media’s desperation to see Romney as McCain’s Veep, Mitt is clearly out, with (1) Obama doubling down on the class warfare theme (McCain’s 7 houses) and (2) McCain doubling down with ads showing the hypocrisy of Biden attacking Obama in the primaries — Romney did way more than that contra McCain.

This leaves only Govs Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. Pro-abortion Ridge and Dem-Lieberman were never real considerations, despite relentless media goading. Pawlenty’s lackluster TV performances, coupled with Palin pizzazz, the primacy of oil drilling and the ticked off women/Hillary voters, does now portend a McCain/Palin checkmate on the Dems. This is so albeit the Dems and liberal media dare not mention Palin’s name, that is, everyone but…..

And if there’s any question as to Palin being uniquely positioned and able to more than nullify Biden in debate, see the excellent discussion at palinforvp.blogspot.com

Team McCain, well done!!!

Posted by Ted | August 24, 2008 8:36 PM

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so, strange, this Ted person leaves a post on my blog with the exact same text. I look at the website he commented upon, wondering who Palin was. He had posted the exact same text on a Palin-VP blog. I look here at your website ... wow ... exact same post again.

Posted by Healthy Gopher | August 26, 2008 1:20 AM

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