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How Sarah Palin Could Win The 2012 GOP Nomination

Politics Daily | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


If Palin can maintain, say, 35-percent support in a multi-candidate presidential field, then she is the odds-on favorite for the GOP nomination. The ...

What Change?

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Joe Peyronnin

The young and minority voters were not motivated enough to come out and vote. Could the president have had a favorable impact had he delivered on his pledge to change Washington, even just a little?

David Plouffe's Today Show Interview: Weighs In On 2009 Elections, Obama's Job Performance (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Tuesday's elections are local races -- not measures of President Obama's ability to deliver or a referendum on the president's popularity, according t...

Tim Pawlenty Goes Off On Obama: "Corrosive"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Tim Pawlenty, the generally mild-mannered governor of Minnesota, unloaded on President Obama in an interview with the conservative website Newsmax.com...

Pawlenty Gets "Full Flop" From Politifact For Climate Change Shift

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's shifting stance on climate change legislation was deemed a "full flop" by Politifact. The GOP governor used climate ch...

Pawlenty Backs Off, But GOP Wants Constitutional Showdown

Minnesota Star Tribune | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


Even as three Republican state legislators are pushing for a potential constitutional showdown to sidestep a federal health care overhaul, Gov. Tim Pa...

Emerging GOP Theme: Nullification

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The code words change over time (from "nullification" to "states' rights" to Pawlenty's "state sovereignty"), but the idea is the same -- we retain the right to ignore any laws we don't feel like following.

Pawlenty Called Out On Undocumented Immigrant Claim

Think Progress | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Today on ABC's This Week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) defended Rep. Joe "You Lie!" Wilson's (R-SC) concern that undocumented immigrants would be a...

Pawlenty Backs Off 10th Amendment Threat

ABC News | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


On 'This Week', Minn. Governor Tim Pawlenty backed away from earlier statements suggesting he'd invoke the 10th Amendment to block Obama's health care...

Pawlenty: States' Rights To Reject Health Care Reform "A Possibility"

Minnesota Public Radio News | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he may invoke state sovereignty to keep Minnesota from fully participating in a health care reform plan, if passed by Congress ...

Pawlenty Named Vice Chair Of GOP Govs. Association

Politico | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


The Republican Governors Association will name Tim Pawlenty as its vice-chair Monday, giving the Minnesota governor a national leadership post he can ...

A Higher Calling, Indeed

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.12.2009 | Politics


Michelle Schweiger Schecter

Clearly other options she is looking to explore/Maybe she'll join Bristol on her abstinence tour/Or take a class in geography/Then tell us what other places she can see.

Tim Pawlenty Will Not Seek Third Term As Governor Of Minnesota

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty erased one doubt about his political future while blowing open another, passing Tuesday on a third...

Sam Stein

Pawlenty: I'd Like A Second Senator But It's Out Of My Hands

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


Tim Pawlenty responded on Wednesday to Tim Kaine's request that he sign Al Franken's election certificate, telling the DNC Chair in a letter that he i...

MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home


Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...