Romney Sneaks in on T-Paw's Googles
Last week, in his Absurdly Premature 2012 Watch Column, erstwhile Stumper Andrew Romano mused about the DNC's treatment of Tim Pawlenty, who is steadily becoming target No. 1 for their oppo researchers. Now it seems that Democrats aren't the only ones considering Pawlenty a major player. The Hotline reports that Mitt Romney's Free and Strong America PAC has purchased links on Google so that folks searching for T-Paw (literally, "T-Paw") will be confronted with links to potential 2012 rival Romney.
As I've written previously, I think Romney and Pawlenty will be competing for votes. The religious and very socially conservative voters will flock to Huckabee or Palin types. Younger voters might be attracted to a Jindal type, leaving Romney and Pawlenty to fight it out for the votes of traditional, limited government, small "c" conservatives. Here's what I wrote about this back in early October:
Seems like Romney forces are mobilizing to define that ground as his. Or maybe they're just miffed that Mitt doesn't have a fun nickname like T-Paw.
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