What 'interesting' development.

The Stranger's Paul Constant on TPaw.

"I don't know," he replies. "I wish I had a good answer for you on that."

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Pawlenty would have been a much better governor had he NEVER intended to run for president.

"I moved a Democratic state in a conservative direction." This is a good thing? Blech! He's gonna make BOTH the Bush's look like Mother Freaking Theresa!

We as Americans, as Minnesotans, and as Duluthians ... will never forget the mullet.

Absolutely agree with Sam - his obvious posturing in the past few years as governor was very annoying. It was clear that we weren't getting real governing from a governor, it was more like he viewed Minnesota as a stage to demonstrate how amazingly fiscally responsible he is (which is a joke, of course).

**in MN** I should have added.

Oh Tim's got Pawlenty of nothin', and nothin's Pawlenty for Tim. His HS year book listed him as the "Most Likely to Need a Nametag at the Reunion." Pawlenty is about as exciting as a church basement bingo game or watching old people getting out of cars. 

Arne Carlson had this to say about T-Paw: "Under Tim Pawlenty, it became deficit heaven... All the things we did were undone. Now, what bothers me is you get these holier-than-thou attitudes. Oh, we're all to blame. But that's just not true. There's one person who has the power to insist on a balanced budget. That's the chief executive officer, the governor."

If T-paw gets the nod, the baggers will run somebody like Bachmann.  Even if not, the man has zero gravitas.  Obama wins in a walk.

All discussion of records, policies, etc aside, the man has the charisma of a wet paper towel and this alone makes his run DOA.

Why does it always seem like he's trying sooooo hard to impress that he's not a bland privileged white boy? His lack of authenticity bugs the hell out of me.

I actually suspect that he may nab the nomination simply because the other candidates are lunatics that moderates dislike (maybe not a problem in the primary though?) or Romney whom nobody trusts.

Indiana Gov. has similar stance, but I don't know much about him.

I'd be willing to lay even money on Romney or Gingrich getting the nod before Tpaw...Romney's got fundage.

I think we may be over-estimating the GOP. George W. Bush was considered too fucking stupid by the party machine in the early primary challenges, and yet he managed to lose to Gore and win the office...

"Do you wanna hear an interesting story about Tim Pawlenty?  So would he." - Bill Maher

His soothing music has hypnotized me. 

He has SOLUTIONS. From experience I can only gather that means budget grandstanding.

How can anyone watch this and not want to throw their computer through the window?  I remember being so proud when I moved to MN a quarter century ago, living in a state where a rock hard Dem like me could, and did, vote for a common sense Republican, Arne Carlson, and trust that the state would be run fairly.  Pawlenty is so full of shit and his policies have ruined the state.  Too bad he didn't care about that, he just cared about setting the stage for his presidential run.

Yee-haw it's T-Paw! He did move us toward a more logical, conservative state. The northern libs are slowly becoming nothing more than a shrill voice in a sea of common sense conservatives. Just look at what happened to the gold old boy Jimmy O. It's about freakin' time.

What Tom said -- And the visuals at the debate helped... JO looked old and cranky, and CC looked hale and hearty in comparison. That debate turned the election, I think JO would have won if he hadn't been ambushed and responded to the heckling the way he did.

Jim, if you think you can generalize from one election with some unusual circumstances, you are sadly mistaken.

TPaw's latest ad in Iowa, co-opting Herb Brooks and the 1980 Olympic hockey team.

This campaign just keeps getting better: ABC Sports slapping Pawlenty campaign with cease and desist letter

Oh.  Anybody beats kraaavaaaaack.

Still polling below Newt, last I heard. Pathetic.

Pawlenty being the least-crazy of the lot really begs the question as to the whole of them.- He was the absolute worst governor the state of MN ever had!

The ad is meant to scare the shit out of people and get them to vote for the "good" guy.

"Tim Pawlenty endorsing Mitt Romney is like Miracle Whip endorsing mayonnaise." ~Paul Constant, The Stranger.