Pawlenty 2012

Mike Huckabee Encourages Tim Pawlenty To Stay In Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 10.13.2011

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AMES, IOWA -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee handicapped the Ames Straw Poll before the results were announced on Saturday. The Huffington Pos...

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Late Returns: Pawlenty's Fundraising Slapshot

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.09.2011

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Hey, everyone! Do you enjoy hockey? Probably lots of you do! Now, do you enjoy Tim Pawlenty? Okay, well, for the two of three of you who find yourselv...

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Pawlenty Campaign Cuts 'Pantsing' Anecdote

The Des Moines Register | Jennifer Jacobs | Posted 10.06.2011

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The Des Moines Register objected Friday to the Tim Pawlenty campaign sending an email blast with a portion of a front-page profile about the candidate...

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Pawlenty Pulling Ads Ahead Of Key Event, GOP Adviser Stepping Back From Campaign Role

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.03.2011

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With the widely-anticipated Ames Straw Poll less than two weeks away, Politico reports that former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty will be taking tele...

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Pawlenty Denies Campaign Pushed Bachmann Migraine Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 09.21.2011

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URBANDALE, IOWA -- Tim Pawlenty on Friday said his senior staff have assured him that his campaign was not responsible for a story about Rep. Michele ...

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Pawlenty Fundraising Efforts Net $4.5 Million So Far In GOP Primary Race

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty is set to report that he has raised $4.5 million so far and has some $2 million in the...

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Tim Pawlenty Weighs In On Controversial 'Marriage Vow'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.12.2011

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Republican Tim Pawlenty says he won't sign a pledge written by a conservative Iowa group that asks presidential candidates to denou...

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GOP Presidential Candidate Takes On Bachmann's Record, David Brooks

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 09.09.2011

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During an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday morning, GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty took issue with rival contender Michele Bach...

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Presidential Campaign Hanging By A Thread?

AP | By THOMAS BEAUMONT and PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.07.2011

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AMES, Iowa -- Trailing in polls and low on cash, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is betting the future of his presidential campaign on Iowa, where ...

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Playing 'Nice' May Be Death Sentence For GOP Presidential Campaign

The New York Times | Jeff Zeleny | Posted 09.07.2011

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Tim Pawlenty was first in line to enter the Republican presidential race. He is now fighting to avoid becoming the earliest major candidate to be show...

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Why GOP Presidential Candidate's Pro-Life Record Is Messier Than You Think

Mother Jones | Andy Kroll | Posted 09.06.2011

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Is GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty the most pro-life candidate in the 2012 field? That's what the editor of LifeNews.com, the pro-life movemen...

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Animation: Pawlenty's Tea Party Ad

Scott Bateman | Posted 09.05.2011

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These days, it's tough to find Tim Pawlenty's poll numbers without a shovel. But that's not stopping him from trying to appeal to the Tea Party.

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Pawlenty Names Huckabee Daughter As Top Aide In Key State

AP | Posted 09.04.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is naming the daughter of 2008 Iowa caucus winner Mike Huckabee to help lift his ow...

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Pawlenty Hitting The Airwaves In Key Primary State

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 08.21.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty plans to run the first television advertisement of the 2012 campaign by a GOP ca...

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Democrats Contend GOP Candidate Ran Ponzi-Like Scheme With Economic Policy

The Star Tribune | Kevin Diaz | Posted 08.20.2011

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He drew a line on taxes and says he has "a better deal" for the nation. But critics question his scenario of unprecedented economic growth....

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Tim Pawlenty Admits Misstep

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2011

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is knocking his Republican debate performance in his personal scorebook while getting in anothe...

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Surely You're Joking, Gov. Pawlenty!

Carl Pope | Posted 08.14.2011

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Pawlenty manages to keep coming up with the most outrageous proposals of this year's Republican presidential field, and now he's tacking way to the right on government protection of the public's health and safety.

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Pawlenty Slams Stimulus After Taking Billions In Aid As Governor

The Boston Globe | Shira Schoenberg | Posted 07.27.2011

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In his first foray into New Hampshire since becoming an official candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, former Minnesota governor Tim P...

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Tim Pawlenty Voices Support For Paul Ryan Medicare Plan

AP | KATHY McCORMACK | Posted 07.26.2011

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MILFORD, N.H. — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Thursday for the first time that he supports House Republicans' budget outline that call...

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Pawlenty: Social Security Should Be Cut, Not Defense Spending

Posted 07.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty urged big changes to the Social Security retirement program Wednesday, but s...

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Tim Pawlenty's Record Carries Vulnerabilities For Foes To Exploit

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 07.25.2011

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A no-new-taxes philosophy guided Tim Pawlenty's budget approach as Minnesota governor. Accounting tricks, a well-timed infusio...

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Tim Pawlenty Calls For Entitlement Reform

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 07.24.2011

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Deep in senior-rich Florida, Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty called Tuesday for fundamental changes in Socia...

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For Pawlenty, An Issue Of Claims vs. Reality

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — "Truth" was Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's buzzword Monday when he announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination...

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Pandering for the Primaries, Pawlenty Tacks Right

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 07.23.2011

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It's hard for me to imagine that a majority of American voters would agree that what we really need in the White House is a politician who is so eager to get elected that he'll promise the far-right just about anything.

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Tim Pawlenty Campaign Already Dead?

Posted 07.23.2011

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Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty is kicking off his campaign for president on Monday, but is the political operation doomed just as it begins? ...

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