Unrealized Potential
By Mitch Berg
Accoriding to Saint over at Fraters Libertas, Pawlenty may have pulled out of the race too early:
Pawlenty’s potential was illustrated in February by Nate Silver. His graphical representation of the GOP field at the time shows where candidates fell on two of the most important variables for this years primary electorate, establishment vs. insurgent and moderate vs. conservative. At that time Pawlenty occupied kind of a sweet spot. Not too hot, not too cold, but just right.
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September 28th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
I’ve heard TPaw has always had a problem with pulling out too early.
September 29th, 2011 at 10:17 am
It’s unfair, but in this campaign cycle, Pawlenty was Romney without the sense of inevitability. Had Pawlenty been McCain’s V.P., then he might have been more competitive. And while he’s in Nate Silver’s sweet spot, Pawlenty was too close to Romney’s spot on the graph. Perry has the real sweet spot — farther away from Romney.
Had Romney faltered early, Pawlenty would be the establishment candidate, and there would still be those hoping that Christie or someone else would enter the race as the great conservative savior.