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The former governor declared his candidacy for president May 22, and is hoping his foes’ flaws are his ticket to victory.
The consensus seems to be that Pawlenty’s best chance to win the nomination is by the process of elimination.
Between Newt Gingrich’s marital wanderings and flame-throwing, Mitt Romney’s “Romneycare,” and Sarah Palin’s insubstantial experience and sometimes fervent unpopularity, “Pawlenty is kind of hoping all of the seven or eight candidates above him self-destruct or don’t run,” says Lichtman.
“That’s his best strategy, to be the last man standing.”
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