From Drudge (http://www.drudgereport.com/) to CNN (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/) the political world is buzzing about the praise John McCain lavished on Pawlenty during a private meeting with supporters in New Hampshire. This is from CNN:
"The Republican source said "out of the blue" McCain told the gathering that he thinks they are "really going to like" Pawlenty.
This GOP source noted that McCain also said nice things about Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani, but those appeared to be standard lines he says about former rivals.
This source said McCain may have been talking about Pawlenty because the meeting was with New Hampshire GOP delegates, and the Republican convention is in Pawlenty's state.
But this source said McCain's praise was effusive, and noteworthy because it appeared to come "totally out of left field."
No comment yet from the Governor's office. Pawlenty is out of town in Washington DC. Yesterday he had meetings at McCain headquarters.
Wow. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Pawlenty is already back in Minnesota. Brian McClung, the Governor's spokesman, just issued this statement:
"Our office does not comment on the presidential campaign or other outside political activity."
