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Letter of the day: Pawlenty should offer to be McCain's Molnau

July 7, 2008 at 8:58PM
One way for Tim Pawlenty to earn a spot on the GOP ticket with John McCain: Offer to pull double duty.
One way for Tim Pawlenty to earn a spot on the GOP ticket with John McCain: Offer to pull double duty. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

How can Gov. Tim Pawlenty close the deal with presumptive presidential nominee John McCain on the second spot on the Republican ticket? Answer: Offer to do double duty as secretary of transportation, so he can do for the country what he did for Minnesota.

Or perhaps he'll close that bridge when he comes to it.

TONY SOLGARD, MINNEAPOLIS

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