Pawlenty not being vetted
Contrary to a report by Mark Ambinder earlier this week, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is not being vetted by the McCain campaign as McCain’s possible running mate.
So says the governor himself, according to a Minnesota newspaper.
Ambinder’s report quoted sources close to the McCain camp as saying that 8 to 10 candidates, including Pawlenty and Mitt Romney, were being vetted.
According to today’s report:
“I have not been asked to provide any documents or information to the McCain campaign,” Pawlenty said as he headed into a noontime speech to an energy conservation group at the St. Paul Hotel. He also said he hasn’t authorized anyone to provide information about him to the campaign.
That doesn’t mean Pawlenty isn’t being considered, of course. But let’s assume he isn’t in the running. This would probably be yet another indicator that Romney is going to be the eventual choice.