...grave, this time by endorsing Doug Hoffman in the 23rd Congressional District race in New York. (As recently as last week, Pawlenty said that he hadn't "been following that.") I figured he deserved a Mulligan for opposing Obama's speech to schoolchildren last month, but now he's thrown in his lot with the tea party wing of the Republican Party. (Translation: Stick a fork in him.) Even if he should somehow miraculously win the nomination in 2012, he would go down in flames in the general election. (Maybe TPaw is positioning himself as the conservative running mate for Mitt Romney, in which case he's not so dumb.)
Romney, who has never been known as a Profile in Courage, has declined to endorse either candidate in the race. Surprised? Mike Huckabee, oddly, hasn't either. Is he making a bid to look more mainstream? Newt Gingrich, who has endorsed the GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, will turn out to be the big winner here in the end. That's because no matter who wins, the Republicans need to move to the center to survive as a credible party. I still wouldn't count out the former Speaker in 2012, especially in such a weak field.
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