Campaigning as All Things to All Republicans

[TomCADem]

Source: NY Times

“I want to be every person’s candidate — that’s my goal,” Mr. Pawlenty said. “The notion that you can’t do more than one thing at a time, I think, is a flawed premise.”

At a recent Tea Party Patriots rally, he pronounced, “The government’s too damn big!” To an evangelical audience, he declared, “The Constitution was designed to protect people of faith from government, not to protect government from people of faith.” And to Republicans in New Hampshire, he closed with a gentle plea: “Please leave with hope and optimism.”

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The knock on Mr. Pawlenty, according to conversations with voters, is that his speeches sound sincere but do not always sizzle. At a faith forum last week in Iowa, he displayed vigor. But the next day at the Statehouse, the talk among several Republicans was that it seemed he had suddenly developed a Southern accent as he tried connecting to voters by speaking louder and with more energy.

The political blog of Radio Iowa heard it too and noted, “Pawlenty seems to be adopting a Southern accent as he talks about his record as governor.” As he spoke of the country’s challenges, he dropped the letter G, saying: “It ain’t gonna be easy. This is about plowin’ ahead and gettin’ the job done.”



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/us/politics/14pawlenty.html?src=twrhp

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Fresh off of cheerleading Governor Walker's efforts to crush unions, Tim Pawlenty is adopting a southern accent, and trying to coast on a mandate to promote deregulation and small government. Yup, that is what apparently caused the 2008 financial meltdown. Too much oversight!!! ROFL!