
An article in the Saturday Star Tribune hit the nail on the head regarding the icy relationship between State Economist Tom Stinson and Governor Pawlenty. The first words summarize this article nicely:
“The last person Gov. Tim Pawlenty may want to see rising to speak these [...]
- In a poll of 'Lean Republican' voters (self-identified Reps. + 'Independents leaning Republican,' or something like that), The Washington Post has [...]

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The ranks of GOP presidential rivals who poll higher than Gov. Tim Pawlenty may soon thin if doomsayers are correct about Mike Huckabee’s future. Pundits (and Republicans) say the former Arkansas governor is on the ropes for having granted clemency to the suspect [...]
There might be a few others in the mix, but Mitt Romney’s now the frontrunner for 2012 with Mike Huckabee out of the way. And for that reason it looks like there is indeed the possibility of two very young governors – Tim Pawlenty and Sarah Palin – to try [...]

Gov. Tim Pawlenty remains at the bottom of the barrel among presidential hopefuls, according to a new Washington Post poll of Republican and Republican-leaning voters.
With 17 percentage-point support, Sarah Palin was the top pick for president of 804 poll respondents who ID’d themselves [...]
That’s what Tim Pawlenty is being told by state economist Tom [...]
- It seems TPaw is already having issues with federal regulators, with his PAC. Doesn't seem like much, now. But what's that they say about the [...]
- Today's Strib has a piece on Gov. Tim Pawlenty and state economist' [...]
- Interesting Hubbard News (KSTP) would even mention issues with' [...]
Want to put a lid on state spending? The state Republican Party is planning a rally for you.
Party chair Tony Sutton and second banana Michael Brodkorb today announced the party will sponsor a rally in the Capitol Rotunda on Dec. 7 to drum up support for Gov. Tim Pawlenty's' [...]
The Minnesota Republican Party is planning a rally at the state capitol Dec. 7 in support of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's "spending accountability amendment."
The proposed amendment to the Minnesota constitution, which would cap the state's general fund budget at the level of revenue received during the previous budget period, will be [...]
Gov. Tim Pawlenty today predicted that the upcoming legislative session, which begins in early February, will be more difficult than some are expecting.
A “much more challenging session than I think people realize,” said Pawlenty, speaking at the Capitol this afternoon.
It won’t just be a bonding bill, a few touch-up items, [...]
After Gov. Tim Pawlenty's annual Thanksgiving turkey presentation, where growers announced their donations to food shelves, the governor fielded a few questions from reporters about a Vikings football stadium.
Whether the Vikings win the Super Bowl or not it should not affect the state's decisions on funding a stadium, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]
Most of this segment covers whether the American public is “waking up” to the difference between Barack Obama’s rhetoric and his performance, but both Tim Pawlenty and Sean Hannity get to the details — especially on jobs and the economy. Pawlenty says that both Obama and Congress have stopped listening [...]
Recent criticisms of Tim Pawlenty’s nascent (if undeclared) presidential campaign have focused on the governor’s strategy of trying to appeal to far-right Republicans instead of being true to his more moderate past (his “Romneyfication,” if you will). Yet during his appearance on Sean Hannity’s show yesterday it’s Pawlenty who [...]
- Little Timmy was on Hannity Monday evening, spewing predictable talking points. I'll rarely mention appearances' [...]
Easily the two most recognizable Minnesota politicians have been in the news recently.
Last night, Gov. Tim Pawlenty was on Fox News with Sean Hannity talking about health care reform. Here's the video.
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(CliffsNotes: Health care bill "bad for the country. It's'" [...]
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When Gov. Tim Pawlenty told MSNBC audiences early this month that “there’s a range of behavior and issue positions you can take” and still be a Republican, it created a small stir among pundits. One, Ariana Huffington, characterized Pawlenty’s sentiment as a GOP “litmus [...]

“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”; he’s got that commonsense [...]
In very loose, general terms, when I contemplate the psychology of someone like TPaw, I see two possibilities.
#1) He,' [...]
A Republican with deep ties to the Minnesota business community has decided against a run for governor next year.
Minnesota Business Partnership Executive Director Charlie Weaver said today he won’t get into the wide-open race. Weaver had been mulling a campaign since incumbent GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty ruled [...]
The amicus brief stands on several main points:
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- 11/13 (perhaps earlier) to 11/16 (last Monday): Florida, then Washington, DC.
- 11/16 A brief visit to MN,' [...]