hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com - 6/6/2009
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Addressing a convention of nat'l college GOPers gathered in Washington three days after announcing he will not run for a third term, MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) said that to succeed, GOPers must hold fast to their principles, but "we need to do a better job of communicating" them to other people ...
talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/2/2009
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
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
thinkprogress.org - 6/8/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
On Friday night, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) gave
the keynote address at the College Republicans National Convention....
Perhaps seeking cache with his young audience, he referred to a stunt at the recent MTV Movie Awards, and suggested that the Republican ...
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Pawlenty: The GOP should be ‘just like Eminem.’
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Saturday reading: Normandy
Ben Smith's Blog —
Obama speaks at Normandy.
Palin jokes that Seward said you could see Russia from Alaska too.
Mary Katharine Ham is skeptical of the "new Internet so we can communicate with Muslims. (My kids wondered about the language barrier.)
Berlusconi finally gets a White House invite.
First ladies wear white.
Pawlenty gets all Sam's Club.
The race in the 23rd gets crowded.
Rangel wants Obama to stay out of New York politics.
"Least. Welcome. Convert. Ever." ...
Pawlenty: The GOP should be ‘just like Eminem.’
Think Progress —
On Friday night, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) gave the keynote address at the College Republicans National Convention. Perhaps seeking cache with his young audience, he referred to a stunt at the recent MTV Movie Awards, and suggested that the Republican Party should be “just like” the rapper Eminem:
Opening his remarks with a reference to NBC’s “Inside the Obama White House” special, Pawlenty told the gathering of about 200 students, “I haven’t seen something that staged since that half-naked Austrian fell ...
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 9/29/2009 —
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GOP watch: Pawlenty and 2012 —
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