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Pawlenty: Obama should have picked Petraeus for VP.

Rising Hegemon found this 8/24/2008 on thinkprogress.org

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is on Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) vice presidential short list, criticized Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) yesterday for his selection of Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) as his running mate. Instead, Pawlenty said that Obama should have picked Gen. David Petraeus , who he considers “an outstanding leader and somebody who would better represent the mainstream of the ...