Tim Pawlenty Publicly Endorses Mitt Romney

As the presidential race for the Republican candidate continues, it’s becoming more obvious who is on whose side. Tim Pawlenty recently dropped out of the presidential race after a third-place showing in Iowa’s straw poll last month. Instead of completely giving up on the election, he is now giving his full support to the former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Pawlenty explained that Romney is the ideal candidate for the Republican Party with his private sector experience, as well has his policy experience. The only problem is convincing voters that Romney’s health care plan differs from Obama’s. Pawlenty assured everyone that Romney is definitely repealing Obamacare. He also wants to fix social security rather than completely abolishing it like Rick Perry had talked about doing. Pawlenty now has no desire to be a part of the ticket as vice presidential nominee. Since he has now publicly endorsed Romney, his main focus now is to help Mitt win the race.

Article: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/09/12/pawlenty-endorses-romney-president

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8dNTKny0Z0

Analysis:

Since Tim Pawlenty has dropped out of the presidential race, he is now publicly endorsing Mitt Romney. This is a good example of Chris Matthews’ lesson in Hardball about alliances. Both of these people can benefit from each other in the future by working together now. This was a good decision for Tim Pawlenty to make because he didn’t feel that he was fit for the job of the presidency, but that didn’t stop him from continuing to stay involved in the election. Since he was running in the presidential race himself, people now know his name and know who he is. This is good for Governor Romney because he will most likely be getting support from those who were on Tim Pawlenty’s side. This decision of Tim Pawlenty was not only a good decision for himself, but it is good for Mitt Romney as well.

Article: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/09/12/pawlenty-endorses-romney-president

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