Tim Pawlenty’s Values Voter Speech (Great Speech)

The Washington Independent ^ | 09/19/09 | David Weigel

[JRochelle]

This guy is growing on me.

A thousand times better than Huckabee or ROmney.

And he can be converted from the squishy view he has about global warming.

[astyanax]

MN ping

[Theodore R.]

One of his problems would be the inability to carry his home state. I would imagine MN people would like him retired “sooner, rather than later”, in the words of the beloved Clinton.

[Vaquero]

even this semi-RINO sounds like Reagan next to zer0bama.....

[jwparkerjr]

re: Huckabee or Romney

I'm sorry, but I just can't warm up to either of those two at this point. They just didn't light my fire in the last election cycle. Personally, I am looking for a new name and face, no more McCain, Huckabee, Romney, Thomspon, Rudy, Newt, etc. I'm for a clean break from the past. We've had our runs with the Doles and the McCains!

BTW, Sarah Palin is definitely NOT on the list of has-been’s that I don't want to hear from any more.

[EGPWS]

A thousand times better than Huckabee or ROmney.

Be careful of your numbers there my FRiend.

[Falcon28]

it’s Jindal or Palin in 2012. That’s it.

[EGPWS]

I would imagine MN people would like him retired “sooner, rather than later”, in the words of the beloved Clinton.

Interesting concept.

[EGPWS]

I would imagine MN people would like him retired “sooner, rather than later”, in the words of the beloved Clinton.

Interesting concept.

[EGPWS]

it’s Jindal or Palin in 2012. That’s it.

Woohoo, we have attitude here!

Let the games begin! : - D

[airborne]

Three years away.

Plenty of time for so many things to happen to change your mind.

Again and again and again and again and again and again......

[luvie]

Game over....for me....it’s PALIN/Jindal....together!

Woohoo!

[Finalapproach29er]

Let me warn you folks about this weasel. He has just turned to the right in the past few weeks.

Take my word for it: He’s not authentic,folks.

It’s just an act.

[EGPWS]

But in Minnesota, I’m here to tell you as the governor of, to put it charitably a left-leaning state (laughter), if we can do it there – now, this is the land of Eugene McCarthy. It’s the land of Hubert Humphrey. It’s the land of Walter Mondale. It’s the lane of Paul Wellstone. And it’s the land of United States Senator Al Franken. If we – if I and the Republicans in Minnesota and the conservatives can govern Minnesota and make a difference and make progress with conservative goals and values and principles in mind, as Frank Sinatra said, “If you can do it there, you can do it anywhere.” And we can do it across this great land.

Good point, to put it to words in one sentence, Minnesota is the land of 10,000 taxes and 10,000,000 liberals with a communist mindset.

[BigSkyFreeper]

This guy is growing on me.

Careful.  This guy has thrown himself in with the "green jobs" and global warming crowd and believes in the Ethanol (E-85) hoax.  He wants to grow the size of government by lobbying the federal government to subsidize "Big Corn".

[ansel12]

Let me warn you folks about this weasel. He has just turned to the right in the past few weeks. Take my word for it: He’s not authentic,folks. It’s just an act.

HUMAN EVENTS: "The “Republican governor eyeing a presidential run in 2012” appears to be Minnesota’s Tim Pawlenty. Pawlenty used his time at yesterday’s roundtable discussion to cast himself as the “modern” Republican while casting aspersions on the traditional conservative message, calling for outreach to the “new demographics,” deriding the GOP for allegedly being 15 years behind in the use of the Internet, and calling for the party not to be led by “a crank.” Pawlenty appears to have John McCain’s penchant for attacking conservatives rather than those in the other party.

Pawlenty in Miami was publicly angry, agitated, and even cranky, possibly because he found himself at odds with the far more conservative tone of every other speaker here. Hundreds of RGA members, who paid thousands of dollars to attend this Conference, wildly applauded “red meat” conservative pronouncements by speakers and not the more moderate and conservative-jabbing words by Pawlenty. And then there’s his “Palin problem,” real or imagined, that hit the fan yesterday in front of the national media, possibly upon the insistence of Pawlenty himself, as the above-reported comments to CNN by an anonymous presidential aspirant indicate."

[wiggen]

DeMint?

[EGPWS]

It’s just an act.

I agree but keep in mind that under the watch of Pawlenty, even DFL controlled Minnesota gave in and because of Pawlenty's push signed off on CCW AND open carry.

Over all however, he's a RINO IMHO.

[jessduntno]

President Palin

[RJL]

And he can be converted from the squishy view he has about global warming.

I wouldn't call Pawlenty championing his own regional Cap & Trade (Ration & Tax) plan "squishy", it's pretty hard core Al Gore type idiocy.