Tim Pawlenty

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• State GOP plans capitol rally to support Pawlenty amendment

  
  Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service — Authority: 578
  The Minnesota Republican Party is planning a rally at the state capitol Dec. 7 in support of Gov. Tim Pawlentys "spending accountability amendment." The proposed amendment to the Minnesota constitution, which would cap the states general fund budget at the level of revenue received during the previous budget ...
  3 days ago

• T-Paw flinches from turkey-touching; Palin didn’t blink at bird butchery

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 665
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty shied away from touching a turkey in his chambers this afternoon ( video ), inviting comparison to potential 2012 rival Sarah Palin, who last Thanksgiving season carried on with a TV interview  unruffled by the turkey slaughter going on behind her. Pawlenty has been trying to catch up with ...
  4 days ago

• Tim who? After seven years, Iowans hardly know Pawlenty

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 665
  Nearly three-quarters of Iowans aren’t sure how they feel about Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty , according to a new Iowa Poll. Despite living just across the border from the state he has governed for almost seven years, only 27 percent of Iowans had any opinion about Pawlenty when polled by the Des Moines Register: ...
  4 days ago

• Parsing Pawlentys Possible Presidential Run

  
  The Pajama Pundit — Authority: 490
  Reihan Salam runs down the list of pros and cons for the Man From Minnesota: Recent months seem to have vindicated this brand of cost-conscious Sams Club Republicanism. The hope among conservatives is that Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell, the newly elected governors of New Jersey and Virginia, are a harbinger of ...
  4 days ago

• Let’s Have THIS FIGHT: Unallotment Battle Looming

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 139
  According to this amicus brief , the DFL legislature is joining in the unallotment lawsuit. Here’s a portion of their brief: After the legislature adjourned, Governor Pawlenty vetoed H.F. No. 2323 (Chapter 179), a bill that increased taxes and delayed some expenditures by approximately $2.7 billion. Journal ...
  5 days ago

• Pawlenty could get 2012 nod by being ‘least offensive’ GOPer

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 665
  “Rather depressingly, Tim Pawlenty could win the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 simply by being the least offensive candidate ,” writes The Daily Beast’s Reihan Salam. Pawlenty’s “appeal is clear,” Salam writes, “on paper.”  He’s even-tempered and has a “compelling personal story”; ...
  5 days ago

• Overheard at the Capitol: GAMC a wedge issue for 2010?

  
  Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service — Authority: 578
  Since the GOP night of the long knives that followed the transportation veto override in 2007, no House Republican has ventured outside the fold on any high-profile matter of taxing or spending. But a lot of legislative DFLers think the 2010 session and a looming election could change that equation. Theres no ...
  5 days ago

• Huckabee gets highest marks from Iowa GOP

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 627
  Iowa conservatives give former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee the highest favorability rating among potential 2012 presidential candidates, according to the most recent Des Moines Register Iowa Poll. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Des Moines last year. Huckabee, who won the 2008 Iowa Caucuses, is viewed ...
  5 days ago

• Republican Governor Takes Food Aid from the Chronically Sick

  
  Civilianism News — Authority: 131
  Head of the GOP, Michael Steele, with Republican Tim Pawlenty, (right) heartless governor who takes food from the chronically ill, appearing on their favorite media. If you think Republicans couldn’t get any more cruel,  think again.  The Republican governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, has cut food aid for the ...
  6 days ago

• The Palin Dilemma

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 633
  I’m only halfway through Sarah Palin’s tome so I’m not going to write any sort of review right now- anyway, Alex has that covered.  Still, internal disputes aside, Sarah Palin is the most interesting thing happening this week (we always knew the health care bill would clear this hurdle).  So I figure this is ...
  6 days ago

• Healthcare Lawsuit Targets Minnesota Governor

  
  DOCTOR PUNDIT — Authority: 131
  The process of unallotment [1] chosen by the governor of Minnesota — as is his right by law — has raised the ire of lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled legislative branch. Through this action, Governor Tim Pawlenty, who is widely believed to have designs on a presidential run in 2012, has unilaterally made ...
  1 week ago

• TIMS CLUB:

  
  BrothersJudd Blog — Authority: 558
  The GOPs New Hope? (Reihan Salam, 11/21/09, Daily Beast) The hope among conservatives is that Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell, the newly elected governors of New Jersey and Virginia, are a harbinger of major Republican victories in gubernatorial races next year. Both candidates won in states that President Obama ...
  1 week ago

• AM.MN: Like Oprah, Pawlenty will quit his show in 2011

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 665
  The year 2011 will be the end of an era in broadcasting. That’s when Oprah will leave her long-running show — and, by coincidence, when Gov. Tim Pawlenty will leave his , Minnesota Public Radio confirms. Today, his “ hot ” wife Mary sits in for T-Paw on ‘CCO, but you won’t see Her Hotness unless the ...
  1 week ago

• The Pawlenty tickets

  
  GOP 12 — Authority: 636
  Please send any of these you find -- pics of Tim Pawlenty at the Republican Governors Association with fellow GOP govs.Pawlenty & Chris Christie.Pawlenty & Rick Perry.Pawlenty w/Mitch Daniels and Bobby Jindal.T-Paws sending all these from his twitter account -- alpha move. Frame the picture debate.
  1 week ago

• Second union backs Kelliher, citing role in 2008 veto-override

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 665
  Margaret Anderson Kelliher State House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s gubernatorial campaign landed another labor union endorsement today, from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 . The “49ers” credit Kelliher with engineering the 2008 override of Gov. Pawlenty’s veto of the ...
  1 week ago

• AM.MN: Will Quist make Walz quake? Will Wilf make Lege quake?

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 665
  Republican Allen Quist has been angling to get back in elective office since 1994 — about the same length of time the Minnesota Vikings have spent angling to get a new taxpayer-funded stadium. Now both are making dramatic moves. Vikes owner Zygi Wilf says he’s washing his hands of “ political games ” and the ...
  1 week ago

• Analyzing Pawlenty

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 633
  So there was an interesting Pawlenty poll out yesterday, showing that Obama would win Minnesota 49-40 in a head to head matchup.  Obviously, this is a less than ideal result, though it’s hard to compare it without any info on other matchups.  Still, there was all kinds of encouraging data in the robust poll ...
  1 week ago

• Responding To DaveG

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 633
  The last few weeks have been pretty hectic for me; I’ve been transitioning to a job where I have no computer access and I’ve been closing out my last semester.  So I haven’t had much time to engage on some of the important issues that have been engulfing the sphere.  Oh well.  Life requires priorities and ...
  1 week ago

• Mitt Romney’s PAC Continues Rapid Fundraising in October

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 633
  The Free and Strong America PAC posted its second highest monthly receipts for 2009 in October. Monthly FEC filings for Mitt Romney and Co. show that the PAC brought in $440,000 last month , while expending $211,000 . This month’s total also pushes the PAC’s year-to-date total above $3 million , and leaves ...
  1 week ago

• Just A Reminder

  
  Rook's Rant — Authority: 428
  Of how big a jack ass Pawlenty really is. ( Star-Tribune ) Facing a big loss of state health-care funds, Hennepin County MedicalCenter plans to stop seeing uninsured, non-emergency patients fromoutside the county, cut 150 to 200 jobs and close two small clinics onits campus. And this is just one of many hospitals ...
  1 week ago

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