tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/4/2009
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This is the sort of thing that gets people wondering whether Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) will actually sign a certificate of election for Al Franken -- as he's said he would do -- once the Minnesota Supreme Court hands down its expected ruling in Al's favor.
Pawlenty appeared this afternoon on ...
talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/2/2009
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I hope I'm wrong. But Gov. Tim Pawlenty's
(R) apparent decision not to seek reelection does not...
bode well for Al Franken's ability to get seated in the senate any time soon. That's because the most probable next step in the endless Franken-Coleman ...
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Bad News for Franken?
politics.theatlantic.com - 6/2/2009
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politics.theatlantic.com —
Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) won't run for re-election
in 2010, a signal that the Republican governor, who...
has acquired a national profile in recent years, is thinking about a 2012 presidential bid. Pawlenty will make the announcement today in a ...
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2012: Pawlenty's Not Running For Re-Election
the-uptake.groups.theuptake.org - 6/3/2009
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Pawlenty Limits His Terms To 2 - No
Future Plans By Noah Kunin, Senior Political Correspondent 6/2/2009...
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has announced he will not seek a third term. Speaking from the MN State Capitol, Gov. Pawlenty said he will not ...
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Coleman, Meet Bus
Daily Kos —
... War III" if Democrats try to seat Al Franken in the Senate before Norm Coleman can pursue his case through the federal courts. Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, acknowledges that a federal challenge to November’s elections could take "years" to resolve. But he’s adamant that Coleman deserves that chance — even if it means Minnesota is short a senator for the duration. It now seems that the only thing left standing between Al Franken and his senate seat is Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. ...
What will Pawlenty do?
The Reaction —
... the Minnesota Supreme Court will likely issue a ruling that forces him to do what is right, not what he may perceive to be in his personal and partisan interests (though it may not be in his best interest to enable Coleman's ongoing fight by going against both the courts and public opinion, as well as by coming across as a hyper-partisan extremist). And, with experts overwhelmingly, if not unanimously, suggesting that Coleman has run out of legal options, Pawlenty stated yesterday that he would certify Franken's victory... Or ...
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