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Pawlenty scrutiny re-emerges as Romney camp eyes VP pick
The touting of Tim Pawlenty as potential running-mate for Mitt Romney has reignited questions over his refusal as governor of Minnesota to release tax returns during a scandal over payments from a company owned by a close political ally. Democrats have been digging into a web of allegations from nine years ago which involved Pawlenty’s use…
Romney is wasting his and his donors’ money
Even though the conventional wisdom right now is that Tim Pawlenty is too much of a snooze to really win the Republican nomination, I'm still putting my money on him. Being an iron butt goes a long way in Republican politics, for one thing, but the reason that he'll beat…
Earnestness attack!
I’m sure you’ve all seen Tim Pawlenty’s jaw-droppingly silly ad, but if not, here it is: I found this ad fascinating, for one major reason. Right off the top, it invokes a bunch of cliches that we are used to getting from action film trailers. Which is the intention, of…
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