Pawlenty subestimado

John McCormack (Weekly Standard) cree que el Gobernador Tim Pawlenty está siendo subestimado:

(...) Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has a better chance than you think.

Two-term Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty says he won’t decide on a 2012 presidential bid until March or April, but for over a year he’s been giving every indication that he’s running for the Republican nomination. Since announcing in the summer of 2009 that he would not seek a third term, he’s traveled to Iowa seven times and New Hampshire five times and scooped up staffers from Washington to work on his political action committee. The week of January 10, shortly after leaving office, Pawlenty begins a media blitz for his new autobiography with appearances on Nightline, Hannity, The View, CNN, the Daily Show, and all the morning shows.

Because Pawlenty has been less coy than other likely presidential contenders about whether he’ll run, he’s generated less interest while the press is concentrating on who’s in and who’s out. And because he sparked little enthusiasm when John McCain considered him as a vice presidential nominee in 2008, he’s perceived by some as unlikely to be a finalist this time. But as he steps out into the national spotlight, Pawlenty hopes his record will attract notice. He may, in fact, be the most underestimated Republican presidential candidate​—​one who could appeal to the Tea Party and the Republican establishment.

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