by Paul Demko
Published: February 22, 2010
Tags: Conservative Political Action Conference, Mitt Romney, Pawlenty 2012, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty
Texas Rep. Ron Paul was the surprise winner of the presidential straw poll at this weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference gathering. The Republican legislator garnered support from 31 percent of participants.
by Paul Demko
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: Pawlenty 2012, Tim Pawlenty
Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be the keynote speaker at next month's Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire. The two-term Republican governor announced the booking on his Facebook page this morning.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Pawlenty 2012
In my earlier post, I wrote that I thought Gov. Tim Pawlenty's speech was one of the best state-of-the-states he's given, in terms of both content, which included specific action items and a broader sense of Pawlenty’s brand of ideology, and in terms of delivery, which was smooth, forceful, confident and polished.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: Pawlenty 2012, Tim Pawlenty
GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty's speech was intended for an audience larger than the one gathered in the House chambers and within MN state boundaries.
by Steve Perry
Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: Pawlenty 2012, Tim Pawlenty
As we noted last week, all that barnstorming that Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been doing in the past few months has paid off handsomely in bottom-line terms. Pawlenty's Freedom First PAC raised almost $1.3 million in its first three months of existence, a sum that compares very favorably to the fundraising totals of his better-known Republican rivals, Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin, during the same period. It turns out Pawlenty relied on the folks back home for most of that cash.
by Steve Perry
Published: February 1, 2010
Tags: Freedom First PAC, fundraising, Pawlenty 2012, Tim Pawlenty
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's national Freedom First PAC was in operation for only about three months of 2009, but the $1.28 million it raised in that time compares favorably with the totals accrued by better-known GOP 2012 rivals Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin during the entire second half of the year.
by Paul Demko
Published: January 28, 2010
Tags: 2012 presidential election, Mitt Romney, Pawlenty 2012, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown, Tim Pawlenty
Fewer than 5 percent of likely Republican voters want Gov. Tim Pawlenty to be the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, according to a new Zogby poll.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: January 15, 2010
Tags: 2012 presidential race, Freedom First PAC, Pawlenty 2012, Tim Pawlenty
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's Freedom First political action committee, which unveiled a new website this week, has paid Google to make sure the PAC is the first thing anyone sees when they plug the governor's name into the search engine.
by Steve Perry
Published: December 31, 2009
Tags: Lori Swanson, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Minnesota budget deficit, Pawlenty 2012, Tim Pawlenty, Unallotment litigation, Unallotments
So now what? The implications of Judge Kathleen Gearin's order suspending a portion of the budget cuts singlehandedly imposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty last summer will likely take months to play themselves out. But here's a quick spin through some of what Donald Rumsfeld would call the "known unknowns" to watch in the days and weeks ahead.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: December 29, 2009
Tags: Pawlenty 2012, PIM Politician of the Year, Tim Pawlenty
The 2009 PIM Politician of the Year becomes the fourth person to win twice: GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
