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Saturday, August 13th, 2011Update (8 p.m.) : Michele Bachmann has won the Iowa Straw Poll with 29% of the nearly 17,000 votes cast. Here are the full results: Here are the official votes from the Iowa GOP: 2011 Straw Poll Full Results (Votes, %) 1. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (4823, 28.55%) 2. Congressman Ron Paul (4671, 27.65%) 3. Governor [...]
FOR THE RECORD: MCCLUNG CORRECTS STRIB EDITORIAL SMEAR OF PAWLENTY RECORD
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Posted at Look True North, former Pawlenty deputy chief of staff Brian McClung was featured in the Star Tribune responding to an editorial they wrote on Pawlenty’s accomplishments. Here’s the text of the McClung piece: On the final Sunday of Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s eight years in office, the Star Tribune Editorial Board dropped a burning [...]
DAYTON POUNDS PAWLENTY ON MEDICAID, DIDN’T DO HIS HOMEWORK
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010Governor-elect Mark Dayton had some strong words for the Pawlenty administration this week in regards to Medicaid coverage. After months of touting his strong support on the campaign trail for opting-in to a plan to switch thousands of poor, childless adults off of Minnesota-based programs and on to Medicaid, Dayton was dumbfounded and angered to [...]
LORI SWANSON APPROVES PAWLENTY PARDON
Friday, December 3rd, 2010Here’s something you probably did not know. Lori Swanson was one of three state leaders that approved the 2008 pardon of Jeremy Giefer, along with Pawlenty and (then) MN Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson. Jeremy Giefer was pardoned for having sex with his underage girlfriend in 2008 because there was little evidence he was [...]
THIS IS THE TIM PAWLENTY I KNOW
Thursday, July 29th, 2010AP: “GOVERNOR LASHES BACK; SAYS OVERRIDE WILL SPARK ‘TAX REVOLT’”
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008"Pawlenty sternly rebuked lawmakers who voted to override his veto of a bill raising the gas tax, local sales taxes and vehicle registration fees to pay for $6.6 billion in transportation projects. Eight Republicans in the Legislature joined every Democrat in supporting the first successful override attempt during Pawlenty's tenure. 'You can mark the calendar, [...]
STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR PAWLENTY REGARDING DFL OVERRIDE
Monday, February 25th, 2008Saint Paul – The following is a statement from Governor Tim Pawlenty regarding the override of the Governor’s veto of an approximately $7 billion tax increase, including a gas tax increase, license tab tax increase, sales tax increase, car rental tax increase and a new excise tax on vehicle purchases. "The DFL-controlled legislature's override of [...]
GOVERNOR PAWLENTY’S TRANSPORTATION VETO LETTER
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Click here to view Governor Pawlenty's veto letter to legislative leaders announcing that he vetoed the DFL's transportation plan.
FROM STAR TRIBUNE: PAWLENTY VETOES TRANSPORTATION BILL
Friday, February 22nd, 2008"Gov. Tim Pawlenty wasted no time today vetoing a $6.6 billion transportation bill that had passed the House and Senate on Thursday and landed on his desk just before midnight. By early afternoon, Pawlenty rejected the bill, calling it an 'overreaching, massive tax increase that will further burden Minnesotans during already difficult times.' DFLers, who [...]
FROM STAR TRIBUNE: PAWLENTY ORDERS STATE HIRING FREEZE
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008"With darkness gathering on the fiscal horizon, Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday imposed an immediate hiring freeze across state government that could leave all but the most critical unfilled positions vacant. In the few cases where vacant positions are filled, Pawlenty said in a letter on Tuesday, 'every hiring decision must be overseen … and [...]
STATE OF THE STATE: PAWLENTY’S VETO PEN IS INKED UP AND READY
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008During his 2008 State of the State Address delivered today in St. Cloud, Governor Tim Pawlenty had a clear message for DFL legislators: don't even think about raising taxes on Minnesota families and businesses. It's clear that the Governor is fired up and ready to fight for taxpayers. The only surprising thing is the DFL's [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA COMMENDS GOVERNOR PAWLENTY’S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS”
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued the following statement regarding Governor Pawlenty's State of the State address. "I commend Governor Pawlenty for his strong opposition to Democrat tax increases on Minnesota families and businesses. At a time when many Minnesotans are being squeezed, the last thing we need are more [...]
DEMOCRATS LOOK TO “ATTACH JUMPER CABLES” TO YOUR WALLET AND DRAIN IT
Monday, February 11th, 2008The battle over taxes that is likely to dominate the 2008 legislative session, which begins tomorrow, is already getting started. DFL legislative leaders Sen. Larry Pogemiller and Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher held a press conference today where they said they want to "jump start" the session. Governor Pawlenty's spokesman Brian McClung responded "[o]ur concern is [...]
PAWLENTY CAMPAIGN RESPONSE TO MIKE HATCH SELECTING JUDI DUTCHER AS HIS RUNNING MATE
Monday, June 26th, 2006This is a post I wrote yesterday. ## "Judi Dutcher has been demonstrating years now that she is a big spending, big government liberal, just like Mike Hatch." – Michael Krueger, Campaign Manager
BIZARE: BERNARDY CONCEDES ELECTION VICTORY FOR PAWLENTY
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006DFL candidates for the Minnesota House and a few House incumbents had a press conference today to discuss U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling's visit with Gov. Tim Pawlenty. In a bizare move, Representative Connie Bernardy seems to have conceded the Governor's race to Tim Pawlenty. "We want to make sure we are all on the [...]
PAWLENTY FOR GOVERNOR RESPONSE TO NEW UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006"Minnesota’s job growth has gone from lukewarm to red hot. If Peter Hutchinson, Mike Hatch, Ken Pentel or Becky Lourey had been Governor the last four years, their tax-more, spend-more policies would have stunted job growth across Minnesota." – Michael Krueger, Campaign Manager
MN GOP: THEY SAID IT! ROCHESTER DFL “ICON†A.M. (SANDY) KEITH ON GOVERNOR TIM PAWLENTY
Thursday, June 8th, 2006"And Rochester DFL icon A.M. (Sandy) Keith, a former state senator, lieutenant governor and chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, has already swung his support to Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty. 'I love the guy; he can stay at my house if he wants to,' said Keith, now executive director of the Rochester Downtown Alliance. [...]
2006 RPM STATE CONVENTION DAY #2 – LIVE BLOGGING
Friday, June 2nd, 20069:13 a.m. – The convention is about to begin. 9:45 a.m. – Media coverage of the convention: "Kennedy vows he'll push for change in Washington" "Sidelights from the opening day" "Kennedy gets GOP's nod, stresses his independence" 9:52 a.m. – Obi Sium, the Republican endorsed candidate against Congressman Betty McCollum, is giving a great speech. [...]
DFL CRASHES PAWLENTY EVENT
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006This DFL stooge crashed Governor Pawlenty's event. Apparently the best use for a Rebecca Otto lawn sign is to provide support for a Mike Hatch lawn sign.
PAWLENTY ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006I attended Governor Pawlenty's campaign announcement. This was one of the best campaign events I have ever seen.
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