"Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty predicted Monday that the 2010 elections would produce a slate of “next-generation” GOP leaders...

The second-term Republican and potential 2012 presidential candidate specifically mentioned California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez and South Carolina state Rep. Nikki Haley, the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee, as promising candidates for the future of the party.

"What you’re going to see as a confirmation of the Republican Party modernizing, while still being true to its values, is these new next-generation, forward-leaning leaders,” he said at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. 'There’s going to be six to eight next-generation folks who are not middle-aged white guy CEOs. So it’s going to be a new day, a new era in terms of the face and voice and tone of the Republican Party, and I think that’s really good.'"

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