Pawlenty In Early….Lag?
Pawlenty hasn’t really put his name to too many bad things going on in Minnesota, but it appears they are being attributed to him. Rasmussen Reports shows incumbent Tim Pawlenty trailing Democratic challenger Mike Hatch (IP candidate Peter Hutchinson was not included in the poll) 42% to 47%. For an incumbent to be 8 points below 50% means his re-election is not going to be a shoe-in. This election clearly will turn on the performance of IP candidate Peter Hutchinson. Many of his views come off more Democratic than Republican, if that’s how the people view him, he may siphon of more votes from Hatch giving Pawlenty the win. However, Hutchinson’s support seems to come many from dis-enfranchised Republicans. If he can convince the people of that, he may hand Hatch the governorship. This is of course if Hutchinson can’t pull a coup and take the seat for himself.
I will post predictions of this race later.