[Free Vulcan]

Question is, is Pawlenty in it to win it, or is he a stalking horse busting up Huckabee so Huck never gets in the game?

[STONEWALLS]

...considering how Iowa swooned over Obama and launched his campaign, I have no confidence in their judgement...Republican or Democrat.

[ilgipper]

If we had to take a boring Governor, I’d rather have Indiana’s Mitch Daniels.

[editor-surveyor]

Iowans, as a group, are not well informed. They are sheep that follow the Baaa in front of them.

Pawlenty is a smooth Romney shill, which is even worse than Huck, the liberal Dem in RINO clothing.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

PAWLENTY- the governor that made no public outcry while AL FRANKEN stole the US senate seat from Coleman? No thank you...I am looking for politicians with a back bone and a set of you know whats...

[MindBender26]

Far from Breaking News and all this emphasis on the 2012 Presidential race distracts us from the cause at hand, defeating Obama’s plans for 2011.

[Jim Noble]

Pawlenty?

Hahahahahahahahahahah.

We’re trying to beat Obama. What has Pawlenty said or done to make you believe he’s the one?

[Salo]

Why a conservative would vote for Elmer Gantrybee is beyond me.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Pawlenty signs bill increasing ethanol content in gasoline
(May 10,2005)
St. Paul, Minn. — Gov. Pawlenty signed the ethanol mandate into law at a gas station that sells E-85, a blend containing 85-percent ethanol.
The new law would double the state’s current requirement that all gasoline sold in the state contain 10 percent of the corn-based additive.
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/05/10_ap_ethanol/

I bet this would impress them, too.

[JPG]

Mr. Peepers.

[falkayn]

Making a commitment to anybody at this stage of the game is stupid.

[Notary Sojac]

Pawlenty has said some things I like a lot (entitlements) and some things I don't like (ethanol).

And like the rest of the field, he is spookily silent on the subject of the corrupt banking sector.

Still wide open for me, only Romney and Huckabee are completely off the table.

[cornfedcowboy]

According to local talk radio host Steve Deace the following candidates are seen as organizing to win the Iowa Caucuses.
• Michelle Bachmann
• Haley Barbour
• Herman Cain
• Newt Gingrich
• Ron Paul
• Governor Tim Pawlenty
• Rick Santorum

Palin and Huck are definitely NOT making an effort and Mitt Romney will most likely try to have a small presence late in the game.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

The media want Romney. I want West.

A poll of Iowa showed they want an outsider.
West/Cain

[GeronL]

didn’t this guy get on TV and distance himself from Palin’s crosshairs, thereby extending the narrative?

[Mariner]

Is Pawlenty a Social Conservative...or any special type of Conservative?

I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT HIS POSITIONS ON THE ISSUES.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Americans Think Obama Would Lose In 2012

[ExSoldier]

What about the DARK Dark Horses? The new Governor of Virginia? Or THE DONALD has been floating his name around and he actually has said some stuff that I would support. John Bolton, too.

[The Pack Knight]

I am far from sold on Pawlenty, but as someone who would like to see some other, more serious alternatives crack Romney, Palin, and Huckabee’s chokehold on the top tier of the Republican Presidential field, I am hoping to see Pawlenty and others gain some traction in Iowa.

Unfortunately, after reading the article, there doesn’t seem to be much evidence that Pawlenty really “impressed” Iowa Republicans, as suggested by the headline of this thread - which, by the way, is different from the headline of the source article. That is unfortunate, because “substance” is something we desperately need from our eventual nominee, and given their disproportionate role as Presidential kingmakers, I’m hoping Iowans respond to substance.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

The Iowa interactive group on Fox last night want Chris Christie but were saying Huckabee because he is actually planning a run.