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Tim Pawlenty Whines About Accurate Description Of His Record

It’s indisputable Tim Pawlenty left behind a $6.2 billion budget deficit, schools underfunded by $2 billion, and hundreds of thousands of unemployed Minnesotans to go make millions lobbying for Wall Street. However, after months to prepare his talking points on how to discuss his record, the best spin his campaign could come up with was…

ICYMI: Editorial: Pawlenty rips Trump then votes for him a month later? How does he reconcile that?

In case you missed it, Tim Pawlenty’s flip-flopping on his support for President Trump is already causing problems in his run for governor. The Crookston Times published an editorial slamming Pawlenty for touting his support for Trump after calling him “unfit” and “unhinged” a month before the 2016 election. The editorial rightly asks Pawlenty the…

Tim Pawlenty Says He’s No Lobbyist And Simply Oversaw Them

Conservatives Declare Announcement A “Belly Flop”, Describe Him As “Rattled” After months of buildup, and plenty of time to prepare for the inevitable questions about his lobbying career, Tim Pawlenty failed his first test last Friday in attempting to explain exactly what he did in D.C. You may believe the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) –…

It’s Day 1 On The Trail, And Pawlenty Has Already Made A Mess Of Things

It took less than 24 hours since Tim Pawlenty officially announced his candidacy for governor, and he’s already flip-flopped on Donald Trump and admitted he has a hard row to hoe to getting elected. In 2016, Pawlenty said Trump was “unsound, uninformed, unhinged and unfit to be President of the United States, and I am…

Democratic Governors Association Unveils “PawlentyforGovernor.com”

Yesterday, Tim Pawlenty launched his post-lobbying career with a snooze of a video announcing his candidacy for governor of Minnesota. Ironically, after two failed terms as governor, and one epic disaster of a presidential campaign, Pawlenty still believes that experience is what Minnesotans want in their next governor. Today, the Democratic Governors Association launched PawlentyforGovernor.com.…

DGA Statement on Tim Pawlenty’s Entry into the Minnesota Governor’s Race

Today, DGA Deputy Communications Director David Turner released the following statement in response to Tim Pawlenty’s entry into the Minnesota governor’s race: “Tim Pawlenty left the state of Minnesota in shambles to go make millions shilling for Wall Street. Upon heading to Washington D.C., Pawlenty left the state of Minnesota with a $6 billion budget…

Tim Pawlenty Files Fundraising Committee For Governor, Forgets His Record As Governor

In what clearly must be an inside joke, Tim Pawlenty filed a fundraising committee to run for governor today. His candidacy is based on the bold notion that his two failed terms as governor taught him “what it takes to lead [Minnesota] in the right direction.” What’s Pawlenty’s vision of the “right direction”? Based on…

Tim Pawlenty Is A Management Failure

He Couldn’t Manage Minnesota, Or His Campaign. Why is he running? In a blockbuster new report on the shady dealings of longtime Pawlenty confidant, Nick Ayers, Tim Pawlenty admitted to having only a tenuous grasp of how his spectacular failure of a presidential campaign operated. In an interview with HuffPost, Tim Pawlenty revealed he did…

Tim Pawlenty Kicks Off Gubernatorial Bid…In Florida

The Candidate Apparently Forgets Where Minnesota Is Located When you have spent 6 years making millions of dollars lobbying for Wall Street, it can be hard to remember exactly where “home” is. It can be even more difficult if you still haven’t left your old job yet. So forgive Tim Pawlenty for heading south towards…

Ethical Questions Surround Pawlenty As He Courts Donors While Shilling For Wall Street

Pawlenty Is Lobbying And Fundraising At The Same Time Tim Pawlenty just can’t seem to let his job as a super-lobbyist go. Whether it is because the money is too good, or because he wants to make a positive final impression on his Wall Street buds before he goes to them hat in hand, Pawlenty…

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