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GOPer's Blue-Collar Background Makes Minnesota Governor Potential V.P. By TEDDY DAVIS and GREGORY WALLACE Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty doesn't want you to think that his wife calls him by the pet name "Forty-Five," as in 45th president of the United States. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., stands by as Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, right, addresses a question during a town hall-style meeting Thursday, June 19, 2008, in St. Paul, Minn. "She never did. Now that was a joke," Pawlenty told ABC News, referring to comments made in April by the former chairman of the Republican National Committee. "Ken Mehlman said that in an introduction as a joke. She never said that. It got translated by bloggers into something that had actually been said." Minnesota's Republican governor has catapulted to the top of... [read full story]
