That's exactly correct - libs are always trying to give us advice on whom to nominate/.
At this point, I'd go with Pawlenty.
The "libs" i.e. Obama supporters, would advise you to nominate Palin or perhaps Bachmann. Why would they want the Republicans to run a candidate who is electable?
Is Pawlenti the arch conservative that you're looking for?
Since Pawlenty has never served in Congress, he does not have a rating by the Club for Growth. However, the Cato Institute, a free market think tank, produces a biennial scorecard on the nation’s governors based on their tax and spending policies and actions. Over his two terms, Pawlenty’s scores were:
2010 – “A”
2008 – “B”
2006 – “C”
2004 – “B”
Before that, he was rated by the non-partisan Taxpayers League of Minnesota during his time in the Minnesota Legislature. In 2002, the last year that Pawlenty was in office as a state legislator, he received a 75%. Over the years 1997-2002, his average score was 80% while the average House Republican score over that time period was just over 75%.
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