The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
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ObamneyCare Triumphant
Tim Pawlenty, the first Republican to withdraw from the presidential nomination race, this morning endorsed erstwhile rival Mitt Romney–first in an appearance on Fox News Channel, then in a blog post for National Review, which opens as follows:
Great crises often produce great leaders. Unfortunately, sometimes the timing isn’t right, and neither is the leader.
That’s less than ringing, isn’t it? If you read through to the second paragraph, it turns out the leader who “isn’t right” is President Obama, not Romney, but you do begin to understand why Pawlenty’s campaign never took flight.
The former Minnesota governor is actually quite generous in praising the former Massachusetts one. On Fox Pawlenty said: “I think he’s going to be a transformational and great president for this country.” We suppose it’s unsporting to make fun of a politician for being insincere, but we’ll do it anyway. If that’s the way Pawlenty feels, why didn’t he just endorse Romney to begin with?
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