Wanted: One sacrificial lamb
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Bob Carney -- that's him, there -- is on a mission: he's looking for a moderate Republican, any moderate Republican. Well, a moderate Republican that wants to run against a sitting incumbent Republican governor with fairly high approval ratings, who's got the might, the money, and the muscle in the form of the endorsement of his party.
According to MPR's Laura McCallum, he's trying to get Tim Pawlenty to sign a contract with voters saying he won't be bound by special interest pledges. Pawlenty's campaign responded to Carney in a letter, saying Pawlenty won't sign any interest group pledges at this time. So I guess that's that. No pledges, and no pledges about pledges.
Carney says if he can't find anybody, he'll run in the primary against Pawlenty.
His Web site is republicancontract.com/.
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