Tag: Tim Pawlenty

Don\'t take my class, says some of America\'s top Econ Professors to the Republican presidential field. America’s Econ 101 professors say yes. In their view, the candidates continue to offer ideas and policies that wouldn’t pass muster in their classes — populated by 18 year-old college students. “There are so…

Apparently Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty doesn’t believe the federal government should be doing anything for citizens, if we’re to apply Pawlenty’s “Google test” to federal government. On Tuesday Pawlenty argued that if you can find a good or service on Google or the internet, the federal government probably doesn’t…

The GOP Presidential pipeline is shaping up to be full of religious bigots as several candidates go on the attack with a pledge to reinstate Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and to attack any marriage or civil union progress for gays and lesbians at the state and federal level.

Among the bigots pledging to reinstate the dastardly DADT are doughboy, former lobbyist and good old boy Mississppi Governor Haley Barbour worrying about amorous man sex on the battlefield hurting military effectiveness.

Apparently former Republican Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty thinks he’s going to win the Republican presidential nomination by cutting promotional videos more akin to action movie trailers (think “Armageddon”): If Tim Pawlenty’s presidential campaign were a movie I definitely wouldn’t go see it.

In a recent interview published in Esquire, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a likely contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, made it clear he doesn’t believe President Obama is a socialist, distancing himself from a key conservative talking point: Esquire: Governor, members of your party have taken to calling…

The AP is reporting the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled 5-0 that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state’s long-running Senate race. The high court rejected a legal challenge from Republican Norm Coleman, who conceded the race to Franken earlier this afternoon. Coleman’s concession clears the…

Pawlenty of excuses not to do so.