First he gets passed over as Vice President for Sarah Palin. Then every time he goes to the different governors meetings, all anyone wants to ask him aboot is Sarah Palin. Finally, his state is less then two hundred stolen votes away from electing Al Franken to the U.S. Senate. Sometimes it sucks to be Tim Pawlenty.
The forty-eight year old Governor of Minnesota is rumored to be considering a run in 2012…just like every other current Republican governor…and at least two former governors…plus I’m sure a senator or two…plus I’ll be old enough in four years, so who knows? Regardless, the competition is already pretty fierce and it’s hard to cut through the media when you have Sarah Palin on one side and Bobby Jindal on the other (who’s increasingly getting more and more attention from the press that will turn on him if he ever gets the nomination).
My advice to Gov. Pawlenty, or T-Paw as the kidz call him, is the same advice I’ve been giving people…ENOUGH WITH 2012 ALREADY! We still have 2010. Decide if you want to run for a third term in Minnesota, and then maybe consider focusing more on 2016. Pawlenty seems like a generally smart and funny guy who just screams “Fox News Contributor.” Build up a base and make a name for yourself outside of being the guy some think John McCain should have picked.
Plus there one thing all of these future candidates don’t seem to be catching on to. If 2010 is as bad as 2008 and 2004…2012 might not even matter.
Tim Pawlenty took an ax
And gave the budget forty whacks,
And when the job was neatly done
He gave another forty-one.