Politics Magazine chats with Republican Governor Association chair, Nick Ayers, about a variety of topics - including how Tim Pawlenty landed that vice chair gig.
Politics: Did elevating Gov. Tim Pawlenty to vice chair have something to do with a desire for a non-Southern national figure?
Ayers: I think maybe geography played into some of it. But it was mostly relational in the sense that all of the Republican governors think very highly of Gov. Pawlenty and his leadership ability.
They do think he will bring some geographical diversity too. And with us going on the offense in the Great Lakes—I think we can win Wisconsin and Michigan in 2010—it’s great to have a vice chair who has been elected and reelected from that region.
Ayers also says siphoning off governships in PA, OH, MA, and CO would have "huge implications for the Presidential race in 2012".
[Hat tip: Hot Dish Politics]
