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Governor with ‘prole chic’ tipped as John McCain’s sidekick

by renovatio | June 23, 2008 at 03:52 am | 100 views | add comment

ONE name has risen to the top of John McCain’s shortlist for vice-presidential running mate. Tim Pawlenty, the governor of Minnesota, a trucker’s son and advocate of Republicanism for the masses, is the favourite to join his ticket, according to sources close to the McCain camp.

They believe that Pawlenty, 47, has the youth, working-class credentials and executive experience to attract independent voters and disaffected Democrats who find Barack Obama, 46, the Democratic party nominee, too exotic and untested and McCain, 71, too old and too focused on national security.

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June 23, 2008 at 03:52 am by renovatio, 100 views, add comment

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