鈥淭hat鈥檚 the problem,鈥� says Schier. 鈥淲ho are the Pawlenty Republicans? It鈥檚 hard to a identify a faction of the party for whom he is a choice.鈥�
Pawlenty is trying to turn that into an advantage by courting all factions. 鈥淚 want to be every person鈥檚 candidate,鈥� he told the New York Times. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 my goal.鈥�
鈥淗e has the capacity to appeal to all parts of the Republican coalition,鈥� says Hofrenning, noting that Pawlenty replicates the Reaganite formula of equal parts social and fiscal conservatism.
For his part, Pawlenty calls himself a 鈥淪am鈥檚 Club Republican,鈥� a reference to his humble roots and an appeal to working-class Republicans.
