Romney campaign co-chairman Tim Pawlenty said he sees Mitt Romney as a “Ronald Reagan-type figure” in an appearance on “Morning Joe” Wednesday, rebutting comments made by Jeb Bush on Monday that Reagan would have a hard time getting nominated in today’s hyper-partisan GOP because he reached across the aisle.
“Obviously the party changes and evolves over time, but to say that, you know, the Republican Party currently wouldn’t endorse Ronald Reagan or something like that, you know we just nominated Mitt Romney, or presumptively nominated Mitt Romney, who is in the Reagan tradition,” Pawlenty said. “A conservative, with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the isle, somebody who’s produced results. So to look at that and say, you know, the party wouldn’t be capable of endorsing a Ronald Reagan-type figure today, I think Mitt Romney is a Ronald Reagan-type figure.”
