Poll: Most Minnesota Voters Don't Want to See Pawlenty as President

[Soul Crusher]

I could see myself voting for Pawlenty. 

[Dos Equis]

Pawlenty expected to announce exploratory committee Monday afternoon
By: By CNN's Candy Crowley, Kevin Bohn and Paul Steinhauser

Washington (CNN) - Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is expected to announce Monday the formation of a presidential exploratory committee, several sources tell CNN. Such a committee allows candidates to start raising money and is seen as the first concrete step towards a run for a party nomination.

The formation by Pawlenty has long been expected as he has been traveling to key early-voting states recruiting advisers and beginning to lay out his vision for the country.

A source close to Pawlenty and a senior Republican source briefed on the decision to form the committee confirmed the announcement will be Monday afternoon. . Pawlenty's announcement will make him the first major Republican contender to make such a move.

Pawlenty is expected to make the announcement to supporters on his Facebook page.

Unlike some other candidates who are testing the waters, the senior Republican source said there is no doubt Pawlenty is getting into the race.
"There will be a formal announcement" later, the Republican told CNN.

The two-term governor of Minnesota touts himself as a fiscal conservative and has been reaching out to Tea Party activists to help build support.
In the latest CNN/Opinion Research Poll gauging Republicans' Choice for the GOP Nominee in 2012, Pawlenty ranks in the bottom tier of candidates garnering 3 percent of support. Polls this early in the contest, however, mostly reflect national name recognition.

The exploratory committee will be based in Minnesota, a source closed to Pawlenty tells CNN.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/21/pawlenty-expected-to-announce/

[240 is Back]

He wanted to bomb Libya long before obama/gates got on board.

Going on record with that may hurt him. 

[BayGBM]

Tim Pawlenty Exploratory Committee for President of the United States Visual Announcement

http://vimeo.com/21296895

[Dos Equis]

His Tea Party speech.  Pretty good.  Not a great speaker, but says all the right things. 

[Dos Equis]

Pawlenty unveils finance team
By: CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser

(CNN) – Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is raising the curtain on a 16-member fundraising team for his expected run for the White House.

A source close to Pawlenty confirms to CNN the Monday unveiling, which comes one week after the former governor announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee.

Pawlenty is not as well known as some of potential rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, so a strong showing when it comes to fundraising is important for Pawlenty, as he tries to prove his strength in the months leading up to the start of the primary and caucus calendar. The timing of the finance team announcement comes just four days before the April 1 start of the second quarter of fundraising.

On a call last week with supporters, Pawlenty advisers said they would ask major donors to hold off on contributing until April, the source confirms to CNN.

Pawlenty is naming Brian Haley as his national finance director. Haley most recently served in the same position for FreedomFirst PAC, Pawlenty's political action committee. Haley also held a similar position at Sen. John McCain's Country First PAC and Friends of John McCain, the senator's re-election campaign.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/pawlenty-unveils-finance-team/#more-151746

[Straw Man]

pretty bad when the voters of your own state won't even support you as POTUS

kind of like Gore

wasn't that always thrown around on this site by right wingers

I guess that standard only applies to Dems

[Dos Equis]

Pawlenty calls out Trump
By: CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) - Donald Trump should quit questioning President Obama's birthplace, says Tim Pawlenty, a potential future opponent of Trump's for the Republican presidential nomination.

Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Pawlenty said he doesn't doubt Obama was, in fact, born in Hawaii and says members of his party should stop pushing the issue.

"I, for one, do not believe we should be raising that issue," the ex-Minnesota governor said. "I think President Obama was born in the United States."

As for his thoughts on a seemingly improbable Trump presidential candidacy, Pawlently said, "I think he's talented. I think he's funny. I think he's interesting."

The comments come a day after Trump pushed the issue farther down the road, telling Fox News he is "really concerned" the president was not born in the United States.

"All of the sudden a lot of facts are emerging, and I am starting to wonder myself whether he was born in this country," he said.

Trump followed those comments up by releasing what he said was his own birth certificate to the conservative website Newsmax.com. The certificate Trump released however is not an official one, according to Politico.

It should be noted that CNN and other news organizations have thoroughly debunked the rumors about the president's birthplace. Hawaii has released a copy of the president's birth certificate - officially called a "certificate of live birth" - and the hospital where he was born took out ads in two Hawaiian newspapers in 1961 announcing the birth.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/29/pawlenty-calls-out-trump/#more-151971

[chadstallion]

oh oh. Pawlenty is making sense.
this could be bad for his nomination possibilities.

[tu_holmes]

oh oh. Pawlenty is making sense.
this could be bad for his nomination possibilities.

That extreme right-wing base will certainly hate it.

[Soul Crusher]

That extreme right-wing base will certainly hate it.

Would you vote for T paw over bama?   

[tu_holmes]

Would you vote for T paw over bama?   

Possibly... I have to do more research, but I certainly might.

Obama's racking up the items in the "against" column for me.

[240 is Back]

33,

Would you vote for T paw over Trump?   

[Soul Crusher]

33,

Would you vote for T paw over Trump?   

Not in the primary.

So far for me:

Trump/Bachmann
Bachmann/West
Bachmann/Cain
Cain/West
Bachmann/Paul

[240 is Back]

Not in the primary.

So far for me:

Trump/Bachmann
Bachmann/West
Bachmann/Cain
Cain/West
Bachmann/Paul

There it is.  You are a complete farkin' groupee at this point.

You choose turmp over pawlenty.  That's it man.  I've lost all hope for you. 

[Fury]

A Cain/West team would be godly. Beastly economic and foreign policy knowledge in one package.

[chadstallion]

Not in the primary.

So far for me:

Trump/Bachmann
Bachmann/West
Bachmann/Cain
Cain/West
Bachmann/Paul

all dream tickets

[240 is Back]

all dream tickets

For obama.

West's a nut.  I mean, he looks like he's always about to pistol whip people.

[Soul Crusher]

For obama.

West's a nut.  I mean, he looks like he's always about to pistol whip people.

  

[Fury]

For obama.

West's a nut.  I mean, he looks like he's always about to pistol whip people.

A nut? Have you even heard the guy speak? I know you live in the same state as him so it's understandable that you had no idea who he was a mere month ago but the guy comes off as quite intelligent when he speaks.

Seems like you're another Obama drone who feels threatened by the guy.

[240 is Back]

I've seen a lot of west.  I love the dude but he won't play nationally.

and this new thing of "i wont allow any muslim judges cause of sharia law"... gimme a break.  fearmongering, pandering to far-right.  I would personally smack the piss out of any ass-hat that tried to impose any sharia law on me.  But I also know it aint' ever gonna fcking happen here.  I dont like his fearmongering techniques.  The economy and war are FAR FAR FAR more important than some bullshit about sharia law.

[Fury]

I've seen a lot of west.  I love the dude but he won't play nationally.

and this new thing of "i wont allow any muslim judges cause of sharia law"... gimme a break.  fearmongering, pandering to far-right.  I would personally smack the piss out of any ass-hat that tried to impose any sharia law on me.  But I also know it aint' ever gonna fcking happen here.  I dont like his fearmongering techniques.  The economy and war are FAR FAR FAR more important than some bullshit about sharia law.

It won't happen here? There's a growing list of court cases that say otherwise.  

And thank you for proving that you haven't seen dick of West as he has talked extensively about the economy AND the wars. I'm guessing you read a CNN or MSNBC article about the guy and picked up on his stance towards Muslims.  

But I find it funny that NOW the economy is an issue for you. Meanwhile, your God-King hasn't addressed it for over two years yet it hasn't stopped you from slobbering his nuts.

[240 is Back]

There are 3100+ counties in the USA.

how many of them use sharia law?


I'm sure no sympathizer, and you try that shit on me and i'm getting contempt of court of urinating and throwing it on the jury.


But I think there are far more pressing matters that the next US President should worry about. 

[Fury]

There are 3100+ counties in the USA.

how many of them use sharia law?


I'm sure no sympathizer, and you try that shit on me and i'm getting contempt of court of urinating and throwing it on the jury.


But I think there are far more pressing matters that the next US President should worry about. 

Again, you're clearly lying through your teeth and have done no reading whatsoever on West. You didn't even know who the guy was a month ago. He's spoken at length about the economy AND the wars and has come off terrific on those, as well.

You sound like a threatened leftist.

[240 is Back]

screw obama's agenda.

but as long as repubs are screaming about fcking sharia law and birth certs, they're not winning in 2012.

Probably why no "real" repub candidates have emerged.  The know the nuts are running the GOp asylum and obama will probbaly get 4 more years out of it.

If Mitt and t-paw and the other common sense moderates (that will win nationally) sit out Iowa and concede to the screamers, it's very bad.