The consensus seems to be that Pawlenty鈥檚 best chance to win the nomination is by the process of elimination.
Between Newt Gingrich鈥檚 marital wanderings and flame-throwing, Mitt Romney鈥檚 鈥淩omneycare,鈥 and Sarah Palin鈥檚 insubstantial experience and sometimes fervent unpopularity, 鈥淧awlenty is kind of hoping all of the seven or eight candidates above him self-destruct or don鈥檛 run,鈥 says Lichtman.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 his best strategy, to be the last man standing.鈥