Jun 262008
A new Quinnipiac Poll shows that Obama has a commanding 17-point lead over McCain in Minnesota. If McCain is still giving serious thought to picking Pawlenty as his running mate, these numbers might give him pause. The race’s dynamics will need to dramatically shift to make Minnesota competitive for McCain. Pawlenty still has much to offer as a potential veep choice. He’s young, politically savvy, photogenic, and he can probably teach McCain how to play solitaire on some aide’s laptop. But our governor doesn’t have the mojo to single-handedly turn his home state into a battleground come this fall.
