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Really? Jon Kerry is the go-to guy for boring candidates, and he won the nomination over a guy who famously got a little too excited. I can't imagine that a great many people were excited by Jon McCain, either, another primary-winner. Nor do I think Pawlenty is any less exciting than either George Bush. When/if people realize that voting for Pawlenty could be the best chance they have at putting a conservative in the White House, they'll start getting excited, regardless of the candidate himself. I actually think Mitch Danliels has a lot more to lose in terms of having absolutely no charisma; from what I can tell he has even less than Pawlenty.
But Kerry and McCain were both the presumptive frontrunners from the outset. Being boring might not be crippling for a candidate with lots of name recognition who is essentially the default nominee, and just has to not screw up...but I think it's a lot more of a handicap for someone like Pawlenty, who is virtually unknown to the electorate and needs to make a case for why he should get the nomination as opposed to more familiar faces.
Maybe that challenge isn't insurmountable, but as I see it, his chances are being greatly overrated by the media and by the InTrade bettors.
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