Comments on: Being Honest About Pawlenty Now; Helps Pawlenty Later http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/08/28/being-honest-about-pawlenty-now-helps-pawle/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adam_C http://www.redstate.com/swamp_yankee/2008/08/28/being-honest-about-pawlenty-now-helps-pawle/#comment-291 Adam_C Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:01:01 +0000 #comment-291 <p>But I don't think there is too much "Pawlenty is Jesus" going on. Most descriptions start with "boring" or "yawn."</p> <p>Just as important is to remind Rs that he is a pretty conservative guy in a left-of-center state. He's an evangelical pro-lifer in a pro-choice state who has won statewide twice and has a 55/39 favorability rating.</p> <p>That's not pumping him up. That's noting he has won over swing voters in a tough place for the GOP while still holding a conservative line on the vast majority of issues.</p> But I don’t think there is too much “Pawlenty is Jesus” going on. Most descriptions start with “boring” or “yawn.”

Just as important is to remind Rs that he is a pretty conservative guy in a left-of-center state. He’s an evangelical pro-lifer in a pro-choice state who has won statewide twice and has a 55/39 favorability rating.

That’s not pumping him up. That’s noting he has won over swing voters in a tough place for the GOP while still holding a conservative line on the vast majority of issues.

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