Comments on: Sizing Up Tim Pawlenty

By: texexpatriate

texexpatriate — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:55:45 +0000

If Rachel Maddow (or anyone else from MSNBC) liked talking to Pawlenty, I am already suspicious of his credentials as a Conservative and Genuine American. I am also uninterested in anyone who has to “craft his own image.” Mauro says he “isn’t an inspiring speaker and doesn’t have a defining issue or character trait.” Ummm. Not a conservative like Ronald Reason, for sure, or Sarah Palin either.

I didn’t have to go to the second page of Mauro’s essay to say no. Pawlenty doesn’t have the bones to get elected by real Conservatives or Genuine Americans who won’t accept the label Conservative.

Pawlenty aint for me.

By: paul_unalaska

paul_unalaska — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:44:01 +0000

I echo many posters sentiment regarding Pawlentey. He’ll get squashed.

Besides a handful, a small one at that, I’m looking moreso at 86′ing incumbents for ’09, ’10.

Clean house on both sides of the trough.

As for 2012, much too much can happen in the meantime.

By: kate

kate — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:30:31 +0000

Long answer: no.

By: Reagan guy

Reagan guy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:32:42 +0000

At this point in time, Huckabee is my guy. Unless someone more conservative and with more fire in the belly comes along.

But so far, there’s no one on the horizon better able to kick the America-apologist, potentate bowing 0bama back into the arms of Jimmuh Carter.

By: ehunter

ehunter — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:54:38 +0000

ANYONE elected from Minnesota is automatically suspect. This is a state that elected a failed
standup comedian to the Senate and a ex pro wrestler
to be Governor. And now that big warm corny heart of the upper MidWest has become a nuturing shelter
for Somalian suicide bombers. And why not? A nice
Somalian boy with a penchant for Islamic martyrdom will never have any of his root beliefs confronted
in mush headed Minnesota, after all that would be intolerant wouldnt it?

By: liz

liz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:28:39 +0000

Sorry, we’ve had enough with the moderate, middle of the road types.Any candidate that supports cap and tax is no fiscal conservative.
We need strength, conviction, conservatism!
And like it or not, Sarah Palin has more chops than any of the names mentioned…except maybe one. Liz Cheney.
Another factor, as always is money..and they will need barrels of it! Who can deliver on that?

By: myth buster

myth buster — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:47:14 +0000

The fact that Huckabee ran for President once before and lost isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. Republicans rarely get elected President the first time they run. Bush Sr., Reagan, and Nixon all lost once before getting elected President. Even the losing nominees didn’t typically win the nomination their first time (McCain, Dole).

By: Ytzik

Ytzik — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:40:28 +0000

Palin/Petreus 2012!!!!

Oh… this is an article about Pawlenty but who cares!

Palin/Petreus 2012!!!!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:17:28 +0000

Pawlenty was being interviewed about the states’ shares of the stimulus.

I waited for him, as a conservative, to declare that Minnesota didn’t need the money and felt guilty about robbing taxpayers in other states.

Needless to say, he did not say that. IN fact he said that, if there’s a pizza on the table and the slices are going to be eaten, he might as well take a slice, take his share, for his state, as a duty of governing. If he didn’t take it, he opined, someone else would.

THIS IS NOT THE APPROACH OF A CONSERVATIVE. Sounds more like a Huckabee populist tax-n-spend attitude.

Tim Pawlenty is not the guy that conservatives can rally behind. Sorry. I don’t live in minnesota and I cannot STAND the idea that Pawlenty thinks I am responsible as a taxpayer for paying some of his state bills. Jindal put up some kind of fight against taking the money, so did Sanford. But not Pawlenty.

Plus, he thinks he’s very clever, and repeats jokes that work, thereby ensuring that the public will see him telling the same joke six or eight times before he figures out he needs to move to the next one.

Pawlenty is Huckabee without the band. Populist, not dedicated to fiscal conservatism, not respectful of taxpayers.

Count me out.

Liz Cheney, anyone? Liz/Sarah 2012? Just sayin’…

By: Marc Malone

Marc Malone — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:22:02 +0000

The good thing I see in Pawlenty is that he has a small chance of carrying his home State of MN. It is the one State even Reagan couldn’t capture. It has voted Blue in every single election going way back.

Of course, his popularity is plummeting, there. Down to under 50%? Fuggedaboutit. This is so common with Dems. They’ll elect a fiscally conservative moderate Republican (aka, conservative Dem) fo rGovernor. They’ll like the job they do. They’ll re-elect them again and again. However, does that man seek the Presidency, they will reject him in the most partisan fashion.

This happened to Palin, who was an excellent Governor. The political machines hated her, but the people loved her. The moment she was the VP candidate, her ratings plummeted. Same thing is happening to Pawlenty. The more his candidacy is noised about, the more his numbers sink. None are more partisan than the damned Dems! Bipartisanship is for Republicans only.