Tim Pawlenty

Here’s the text of Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s (R-Minn.) speech from the Values Voter Summit, annotated to note when the audience applauded. Thanks to the VVS organizers for providing it.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s (R-Minn.) speech to the Values Voter Summit was tipped as a pivotal moment in his appeal to the GOP’s conservative base. Pawlenty hardly missed a target, and got his biggest applause when he mocked the president for saying he’d “call out” people who misled about his health care plan.
“I accept the challenge,” [...]

From The Minnesota Independent:
No Republican contenders in the 2010 gubernatorial contest — except environmental activist Leslie Davis — believe in global warming, according to a report from Minnesota Public Radio. Perhaps most strident is state Sen. Mike Jungbauer (East Bethel), who told attendees at a recent State Fair debate that global warming is “pure, unadulterated [...]

On a Thursday night Republican Governors Association conference call with conservative activists, moderated by Erick Erickson of RedState, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) broached the possibility of “asserting the 10th Amendment” to keep Minnesota from fully participating in a health care plan passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. The 10th Amendment reads:
The powers not [...]

The Republican governor of Minnesota on July 30:
President Obama is making great progress on climate change. He’s turning the political climate of our country back towards Republicans!
Pawlenty, again, on August 15:
It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.
For some [...]

Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) is addressing an Republican National Committee meeting in San Diego right now, which so far has featured some of the less successful opening jokes of recent vintage. Rib-tickler number one:
President Obama is making great progress on climate change. He’s turning the political climate of our country back towards Republicans!
Number two:
In the [...]

Via Greg Sargent, the Rasmussen Reports poll on 2012 Republican candidates finds most Republican voters trusting Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) on national security and former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) on the economy. Another item from the poll: the possible candidates that have been getting a lot of friendly coverage are less popular than media punching [...]

Ed Kilgore’s analysis of the reignited strategists-vs-Sarah Palin slow-news-week imbroglio is on the mark:
This base of support for Palin — maybe not that large, but very passionate, and very powerful in places like the Iowa Republican Caucuses — isn’t going to abandon her just because the Serious People in the GOP laugh her off in [...]

The proverbial i’s will soon be dotted, the t’s crossed and the “Sen.” honorific prepended to Al Franken’s name: Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) has announced that he will sign the election certificate and make Franken’s victory official, The Minnesota Independent reports:
“The Minnesota Supreme Court has today addressed the issues surrounding the accuracy and integrity of [...]

It’s worth considering what Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) have said about the possibility of today decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Back in March, Pawlenty speculated that Coleman might exhaust his appeals by autumn, suggesting a Supreme Court challenge. Cornyn said last week that he would support Coleman if he [...]