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Tim Pawlenty stories: 44 news summaries

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Beck, Limbaugh & Co. Scare
GOP Brass

Top Republicans complain talkers are pushing party to fringe

Oct 22, 09 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Top Republicans are fed up with Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh—off the record at least. Without naming names, Politico says that “congressional leaders” privately complain that the conservative commentariat is hurting their chances in 2010 by pushing the party too far to the fringe. Operatives close to top... More »

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Mitt Romney • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Glenn Beck • right-wing media • conservative base

 McCain Warms to Romney 2012 

Former rival lends his name to big fundraiser

Oct 1, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney let bygones be bygones when he campaigned for John McCain last year, forgetting an acrimonious relationship with his erstwhile rival for the GOP presidential nomination. Now, McCain appears to be repaying the favor and ginning up support for the former Massachusetts governor’s 2012 bid, reports the Boston ... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Bobby Jindal • Republican nomination • political endorsement • Election 2008 • presidential election • Election 2012

 Pawlenty 
 Launches 
 PAC 

Committee seen as another sign of upcoming presidential run

Sep 22, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty is taking yet another step toward a presidential run by launching a political action committee, the Washington Post reports. The PAC, dubbed “Freedom First,” will allow Pawlenty to travel the country, build a national network, and donate funds to state and federal candidates. Its first... More »

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Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • political action committees • Election 2012

Huckabee Wins Conservative Straw Poll

Palin lags behind
with Pawlenty,
Romney, Pence

Sep 19, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee easily won a presidential straw poll today at a conference for social conservatives, Politico reports. The former Arkansas governor garnered 28% of 597 votes at the annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. Tying for second, each with about 12% of the vote, were former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt... More »

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Mitt Romney • Mike Pence • conservative • Mike Huckabee • straw poll • Tim Pawlenty • Family Research Council • Sarah Palin

 Pawlenty Rips Obama's 
 Pre-9/11-Style 'Appeasement' 

Blasts talks with Iran, N. Korea, says similar moves didn't stop Nazis, Soviets, terrorists

Sep 18, 09 10:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible Republican presidential contender in 2012, tonight compared President Obama’s diplomatic moves on Iran, North Korea and the missile shield to pre-World War II and pre-9/11 “appeasement,” Politico reports. “The lessons of history are clear,” he told Christian conservatives. “... More »

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Iran • Mitt Romney • North Korea • missile shield • Nazi • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • foreign policy • appeasement • 9/11 attacks • Election 2012 • President Obama • Values Voters Summit

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Newt: Obama 
 School Speech 
 'Good for America' 

Dean: green jobs czar 'brought down'; CDC chief warns of swine flu challenges

Sep 6, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who says bipartisanship in Washington is dead? Today, top Republicans sided with President Obama on both his planned speech to schoolchildren and his strategy in Afghanistan, Politico reports. On Fox News Sunday, Newt Gingrich called Obama’s Tuesday speech “good for America.” On Afghanistan, Tim Pawlenty rejected calls... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Howard Dean • US troops • Tim Pawlenty • George Will • Arne Duncan • Van Jones

Interview

Policy-Wonk Pawlenty Steers Clear of Wackos


Aug 20, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Voters are “ticked off and scared,” by Barack Obama’s health care plans, says Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, because those plans are “out of step with common sense, out of step with the notion that the government isn’t going to run everything.” Pawlenty, an oft-mentioned... More »

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Mitt Romney • Tim Pawlenty • health care reform • Election 2012

Pawlenty: Defeating Health Reform Will Lift GOP

Would-be presidential contender talks tough

Aug 15, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty, a top prospect for the GOP’s 2012 nomination, practiced his act yesterday, dispensing pointed jabs at Barack Obama’s health care plans. Obama, an “extreme left liberal,” promised “change we can believe in, but now we’re seeing it’s about changing what we... More »

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Republican Party • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • health care reform • Election 2012

Minn. Dems Red-Faced Over Email Error

Blue language in
linked video derails
Pawlenty criticism

Jul 31, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is frantically apologizing after sending out a mass email that linked to a profane YouTube video, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The email, which blasted Gov. Tim Pawlenty over his economic record, was supposed to include a link to a development report. Instead, it linked to... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Democrats • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • mistake

Unanimous Ruling Against Coleman Likely

The end may finally
be near in Minnesota Senate race

Jun 5, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Senate contest seems poised to end at long last, the Minnesota Independent reports. Election-law experts are sure that the Minnesota Supreme Court will shoot down Norm Coleman’s appeal, and it will probably be unanimous in doing so. “What he’s asked the Supreme Court to do... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • disputed election • Minnesota Supreme Court

GOP Rivals Slowly Emerge for 2012 Battle

Barbour, Pawlenty
only the first to begin making political waves

Jun 4, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 2008 presidential campaign was one of the longest in history, but be prepared: As the Washington Post reports, the 2012 race may be even longer. With the Republican Party at its weakest point in decades, possible challengers to Barack Obama are already scrambling for position. The latest: Mississippi governor... More »

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Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Haley Barbour • presidential candidates • presidential election • John Thune • Mark Sanford • Election 2012

analysis

 Coleman 
 May Have 
 Shot as
 Governor 

Newser Newsroom 2.11.1

Jun 3, 09 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - As if Minnesota politics needed another twist: Tim Pawlenty's announcement that he won't seek a third term as governor has all eyes on Norm Coleman as a potential successor, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Because he's still locked in a legal fight with Al Franken over a Senate seat, Coleman... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • governor • Republicans

(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty will not seek a third term as Minnesota governor, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. Pawlenty is seen as a probable Republican candidate for 2012, but he was mum on the subject. “I don’t have any plans beyond serving out my term,” he said today. “I’... More »

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presidential campaign • Republican Party • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • governor • Election 2012

Analysis

Republicans Hang Pawlenty Out to Dry

By refusing to certify Franken, Minn. gov risks own future

May 6, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - By refusing to certify Al Franken’s Senate win, Tim Pawlenty is taking a big political risk, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. The Minnesota governor’s numbers have dropped precipitously since November; he currently has just a 46% approval rating, with 50% disapproving. The Franken/Coleman fracas may not bear... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • Nate Silver

 Minnesotans 
 to Coleman: 
 Concede 

Both candidates low on cash

Apr 16, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A whopping 63% of Minnesota voters want Norm Coleman to concede the Senate race to Al Franken, with only 37% supporting more appeals, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling. Another 59% said they want Gov. Tim Pawlenty to certify Franken’s victory. “It appears that most... More »

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poll • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • legal fees • poll numbers • recount

analysis

 Pawlenty In 
 Squeeze Over 
 Franken's Fate 

Mulling White House run, guv faces heavy choice

Apr 2, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Minnesota Senate race is set for the state Supreme Court, and after that, it’s in GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s hands. If the court puts Democrat Al Franken on top, that puts Pawlenty, eyeing a 2012 presidential run, in a tight spot, writes Manu Raju for Politico: Does... More »

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Senate Democrats • Norm Coleman • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • Senate race • election certificate

GOP Vows to Fight WWIII
if Dems Try to Seat Franken

Months after vote, legal course murky

Mar 30, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Minnesota court ruling on the Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman just days away, GOP honchos are warning that if they lose this round, they plan to go all the way to the highest court, even if it leaves the state's voters without a senator for... More »

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Senate • John Cornyn • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • Election 2008

(AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the US Senate without waiting for a lawsuit to be resolved. Franken is ahead of Republican Norm Coleman by 225 votes. Coleman's ongoing lawsuit argues some uncounted absentee ballots were wrongly... More »

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Congress • Senate • trial • lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • recount • Mark Ritchie • Minnesota Supreme Court • election certificate

Coleman Still Has a Chance: Minn. Governor

Pawlenty warns Senate that GOP will fight seating of Franken

Mar 1, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants his constituents—and Democratic senators—to know that Franken-Coleman race isn't over, the Hill reports. The Republican governor stresses that "to be able to guess how it's going to come out is challenging," due to legal intricacies, and he promises woe to the... More »

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Harry Reid • Norm Coleman • filibuster • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • recount • US Senate

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Governator: Obama Needs 'Team Players'

Calls out fellow GOP
as McConnell calls for fast Burris hearing

Feb 22, 09 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging politicians of all political stripes to line up behind President Obama. “I feel very strongly that President Obama right now needs team players,” the California governor told ABC’s This Week, noting that partisan wrangling creates “insecurity.” Schwarzenegger also called his fellow... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • Mitch McConnell • Tim Pawlenty • Charlie Crist • Bobby Jindal • Haley Barbour • Roland Burris

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