Just to clarrify what Ron Carey said

Had the 2006 governors election been between Peter Hutchinson, Tony Serticht, Mike Hatch, and Tim Pawlenty Minnesota republican party chair Ron Carey thinks that instant run off voting would eliminate Tim Pawlenty first. That can mean one of two things, either Ron Carey thinks Tim Pawlenty is a horrible candidate, or Ron Carey is so ill informed about how instant run off voting works that he would be wise to say so and issue no comment when the subject arises.

Either way he would seem unfit to run one of Minnesota's two most powerful political parties.