Posted on 01/08/2011 8:52:02 PM PST by pissant
Well, that’s awkward.
News that Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is considering a presidential bid has not only sparked a mini media frenzy, but it’s rained on the parade of her home state colleague, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
On the eve of the release of Pawlenty’s memoir, “Courage to Stand” — the subject of an upcoming media blitz that has the all but announced a White House candidate booked on a number of national shows including “Good Morning America,” “The View” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”— the Bachmann trial balloon has the GOP governor and his backers gamely insisting that it’s no big deal at a time when they expected to be reveling in warm publicity surrounding the book rollout.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I'm a little worried about that, too. That's the real reason Ken Buck lost in Colorado. Staring at the ceiling during his debate with Bennet was but one of the more obvious symptoms. The man had zero media savvy and did not know, in 2010, that when you are a candidate, microphones are everywhere and always on. He bashed women, he bashed tea-partiers, he bashed himself right out of what should have been an easy win. I voted for him, and tried to explain him away to people by pointing out how bad Bennet is, but never got up the enthusiasm to even put up a sign for him. Vetting candidates is not a skill held by the GOP establishment in Colorado.
It could be a lot better. I'm holding out hope thjat Mike Pence will run.
I’m voting for Thaddeus McCotter....whether he runs or not. :)
Pawlenty is a decent guy. Yeah, he’s a snoozer, but a snoozer can be a good thing.
It wouldn’t have hurt Bachman to wait a month or so. The election is two years away, for pete’s sake.
I liked Pence a lot until today. Yammering on about how great Judge Roll was really pissed me off. Roll put an exemplary American through the legal mill, and it shouldn’t have happened.
Roll is Pence’s idea of a great judge, so he’ll never get my vote.
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What American was that? Thanks.
Roger Barnett.
Nope, history of linen & weaving - and that includes doilies and tablecloths, as well as clothing, is quite fascinating; lots of accounts of lacemaking guilds of Europe are quite interesting.
Please keep an eye out for more info about this.
...Rep. Michele Bachmann says her "tears are flowing" at the news. She says she had the privilege of knowing Giffords as a friend, and she calls her colleague someone who governed with integrity and wisdom.
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Also, there's an article in the LA Times, it's mainly about Rep.Bachmann's staff.
. . .Pawlenty vetoed every tax hike sent to him -- $7.5 billion in total -- and set the veto record for a Minnesota governor in one year. He also eliminated the marriage tax penalty, created an Angel Investment Credit to help early-stage companies, and helped businesses expand markets, leading seven trade missions.
Minnesota's manufactured exports rose 39 percent since he took office.
Certainly there have been cuts. But critics would have you believe every dollar squeezed from state spending popped up as a tax increase somewhere else. Facts show otherwise.
While blaming St. Paul, local governments raised property taxes far beyond the level of state aid cuts. Yet some frugal cities found ways to increase efficiencies and avoid increases.
To aid austerity, Pawlenty also forced the DFL to accept a three-year property tax cap, saving taxpayers more than $530 million.
Pawlenty's record of reform and accomplishment extends well beyond taxes.
The 2010 film "Waiting for 'Superman'" brought national attention to education reform, but Pawlenty had been enacting it for years.
His 2005 QComp program was the first statewide teacher performance pay system in the nation. Minnesota's eighth-grade math scores now rank second, while high school seniors are first in ACT scores for six years running.
LOL, I suspect if one was a fly on the wall in Tim Whatever’s war room meetings, the comments about Michelle Bachmann heard are quite different from what are quoted in Politico for public consumption.
“Mustn’t irritate those wrascally Tea Partiers, no no, wouldn’t be prudent ... “
A HUGE best seller would be if Romney wrote all about the star Kolob and detailed his beliefs regarding Joe Smith.
Good thing, too. If Timmy ends up getting the nod from the R(ino) Party, BO will take the 2012 election and give us four more years.
LOL!
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