Pawlenty on the Republican party: Long on vision, short on action

Tim Pawlenty sounds like the guy who can fix the Republican party. Everything he said at the Republican Governor’s Association was dead on:

Pawlenty said that although Republicans idolize Ronald Reagan, some would balk at the compromises he made. “One of the things that gets glossed over is his pragmatism,” he said. “He got stuff done, and he compromised to do it.” [via BrauBlog]

Also, some good comments on NPR:

I think just because you bring up the name Joe the Plumber — while people view that as a symbol — but what does that mean, in terms of what Republicans can do to make my health care more affordable, my — filling up my car more affordable? I think just throwing out a symbol or an icon is not enough.

Pawlenty, on paper, seems to fit most of my criteria for a leader of the Republican party:

A moderate willing to make compromises
A politician with a more positive than negative message
An “idea guy,” if not an intellectual

There’s just one problem. None of this really shows up in Pawlenty’s actual history of governing! In his tenure as Minnesota Governor, he’s shown himself to be an extremist bully who refuses to compromise. He’s done immeasurable damage to our cities and towns and let our infrastructure crumble.

Pawlenty talks a good game, but he hasn’t shown that he’s willing to walk the walk.

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Communications, Election 2012, Policy | Jeff Rosenberg | November 14, 2008

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