Pawlenty quits as Romney campaign co-chair

Yahoo! News ^ | 9-20-2012 | Olivier Knox

[Vaquero]

Tim Pawlenty quit as co-chair of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Thursday to become one of Wall Street's top lobbyists in Washington. Pawlenty, a former governor of Minnesota, will lead the Financial Services Roundtable.

The move came with Romney's campaign struggling to find its stride with just seven weeks left before Election Day. Polls show the former Massachusetts governor running neck and neck with President Barack Obama in a contest both sides predict will be very close

[Timber Rattler]

Heh...Romney's good buddy Pawlenty just stabbed him in the back. Or else he was completely blind to the "optics" of his sudden departure in the midst of this week's MSM assault on the campaign.

Flashback: Tim Pawlenty backs former rival Mitt Romney for president

[justlurking]

I’m glad you found that. I was about to go looking for it.

[wardaddy]

1980 was not neck and neck after the debate...Magnus took off

and 1984 never had Reagan below the margin of error as victor to my memory

this is more almost exactly like 2008 after the financial crap hit

down or even..mostly down

what could be pivotal and would be the biggest case of bad polling since the proverbial Dewey

is the sampling which we hope is not accurate and which will prove the undoing of polls so far

we shall see eh

I think they are wrong to sample along 2008 turnout

but what is troubling is that if demographics do not change back in our favor

we are doomed down the road

[catnipman]

“You can make book on it that both Romney and Ryan gave Phewplenty the heave-ho.....and thank God they did!”

Leni,

That’s my take on it as well. “Wall Street lobbyist” is a big take down from the halls of power Pawlenty had been traversing, though probably more lucrative financially. If Pawlenty had been effective and Romney had wanted to keep him on, then one would think Pawlenty would have been offered a cabinet or czar position of some kind when Romney wins.

Let’s just hope that the move to dump Pawlenty results in a more effective campaign.

[StAnDeliver]

"Who is running that has the American peoples interest first? Not Romney. He had his staffers start the first attacks on Sarah Palin in hopes that the GOP would lose and he would not have to wait 8 yrs to run again."

And she had every chance to run in 2012, noob, and chose instead to cash the paycheck life wrote her. More power to her. Deal.

[brightright]

What does that have to do with Romneys choosing self interest over what is best for the Country. His choice to help Obama win shows his true character. He will always choose what is best for himself,as his record shows.

[linn37]

Hey when you get a better job offer you go.

[TMA62]

I see the same thing. If Pawlenty was a conservative, I would take that as a bad sign that the Romney campaign was getting more moderate.

[TMA62]

I see the same thing. If Pawlenty was a conservative, I would take that as a bad sign that the Romney campaign was getting more moderate.

[The_Media_never_lie]

WS lobbyist sounds much more lucrative than my job title.

[devolve]

[devolve]

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If you are posting for Obama or for yourself on Free Republic as an unpaid troll.....

Then you are getting exactly what you are worth noobie

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[dsutah]

Well I don’t know, he did a pretty strong speech at the convention! He did it smiling all the way too! I thought his speech was one of the best!

[brightright]

Your childish and insulting comments only prove you have no intelligent response.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Ditto

[devolve]

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Smiling Tom Dewey should have won too -

- and Hitler seemed to capture his audiences with ‘strong speeches’

Now if only Newt did not have his zipper problemos.....

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[OneWingedShark]

>Neck and neck, just like 1980 and 1984 were up until election eve. ;)

Damn, if Romney loses by THAT much, that truly says volumes about the mindset of this country.

You know; I think it'd be more of a relief if that happened. Not that I want Obama to win, but I simply do not trust Romney -- on nearly all major issues he's the same as Obama [election-speech rhetoric aside, Romney implemented domestic-partnerships, signed a gun-ban into law, and has done nothing to de-legalize abortion]. Further, I believe that changing the 'D' to 'R' will make citizens believe that "they've done something" which will encourage them to "go back to sleep", when we need them awake and cognizant of the corruption and power-abuse of rampant statism. -- Im short, I want Romney to lose, not because I agree w/ Obama, but because I'm tired of a party that only says things instead of trying to do things. (i.e. that is, pursue the party planks.)

[Churchillspirit]

I read it as "Wall Street types would not blow their money on a top Republican as a lobbyist if the smart money was expecting a Democrat to win"

I like your positive thinking!

[Churchillspirit]

John Bolton would be awesome

Indeed....hope President Romney chooses him as SOS.

[Maryhere]

I agree with you.