Pawlenty gets the Huntsman treatment:
In related commentary, Larison suspects Pawlenty wouldn't have benefited from being McCain's number two:
McCain supported a cap-and-trade position during the campaign, and Pawlenty would have had no difficulty agreeing with that. He would have been introduced to the country as a proud supporter of cap-and-trade instead of an embarrassed former supporter. Instead of being able to dodge the bailout issue by claiming to be a merely “reluctant” supporter, he would have been forced to defend McCain’s support of it.
The Dish 