PPP pollster says Pawlenty a winner in latest poll
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Tim Pawlenty picked up some juice in the latest Public Policy Polling poll of possible 2012 candidates. Pawlenty is polling at 8 percent - a significent uptick from past PPP polls.
Pawlenty is in fifth place among those polled. He trails Mike Huckabee (24%), Sarah Palin (14%), Mitt Romney (14%) and Newt Gingrich's (11%).
Pollster Tom Jenson wrote that Pawlenty is one of the winners in this poll:
The other winner in this month's poll is Pawlenty. 8% is certainly the best he's done in one of our national polls and it's a sign that he could be starting to gain some traction. His record strong standing is part of why Romney's polling so poorly this month, as we've consistently found that they tap into a similar centrist base. A strong Pawlenty candidacy is good news for Democrats because anything that divides the already diluted Republican moderate vote can only make it more likely the GOP nominates someone too far to the right to be viable in the general election.
Pawlenty has been all over the country (and the airwaves) promoting his latest book. He'll continue the book tour next week in the key presidential states of New Hampshire and Iowa.
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