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Chief Justice Hands Speaker a Poisoned Chalice

2010 May 6 by Mr. D

The Supreme Court votes 4-3 against unallotment:
In a divided decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday morning ruled against Gov. Tim Pawlenty in the unallotment case that challenged whether Pawlenty’s emergency budget cuts from last year were permissible.
Chief Justice Eric Magnuson — a Pawlenty appointee who is stepping down from the court soon — wrote [...]

So Now It’s Romney vs. Palin, Pawlenty, Jindal, Daniels, Barbour, et al.

2009 November 30 by Evil Conservative

There might be a few others in the mix, but Mitt Romney’s now the frontrunner for 2012 with Mike Huckabee out of the way. And for that reason it looks like there is indeed the possibility of two very young governors – Tim Pawlenty and Sarah Palin – to try and mobilize now instead of [...]

What We’re Up Against

2009 October 31 by Paul

Our Founders understood the lure of centralizing power. They wrote voluminously about it. The most important such document was their Bill of Rights (all TEN of them). As our Founders knew well, and Lord Acton said best, “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely”. They understood the threat of smiley-faced tyrrany.
Liberals and Progressives of [...]

Straw Men

2009 October 3 by First Ringer

With proceedings taking as long as a Dostoevsky book reading by a narcoleptic stutter, the 2009 Minnesota GOP Convention concluded wth pomp, circumstance and likely the candidacies of a few of the nine contenders for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Predictions were as rife at the St. Paul RiverCentre as political intrigue. Would Emmer steal the day with [...]

Tenth Ammendment T-Paw

2009 September 11 by lloyd

A few days ago we asked what a state can do to protect its citizens from an encroaching federal government.
If the consensus in our state is that the private sector should play a greater role in the economy than the federal government, what prevents us from telling the federal government that they don’t have our consent [...]

The T-Paws Before the Storm

2009 July 21 by First Ringer

The branding of Tim Pawlenty™ begins:

Tim Pawlenty will deliver a major speech at the Republican National Committee summer meeting later this month, part of a stepped-up effort by the Minnesota governor to introduce himself ahead of a potential 2012 White House bid.
Pawlenty’s July 30 address to national committee members in San Diego represents something of [...]

Junior Varsity

2009 June 2 by First Ringer

Pawlenty forgoes the hat trick – will the Minnesota GOP get ejected completely from the game?
There seems little sense in writing Governor Tim Pawlenty’s political obituary despite his announcement that he will not seek a third term as there seems to be a general sense that the last chapters in Pawlenty’s political story are yet to be [...]

The Good Lieutenant

2009 May 26 by First Ringer

If Tim Pawlenty seeks his third tour of duty, should his loyal lieutenant be dismissed?
It was a political equivalent of betting your mortgage payment on Mind That Bird when the low-profiled St. Rep. Carol Molnau joined Tim Pawlenty’s ticket early in the 2002 race. Starting months later than self-funding businessman Brian Sullivan, Pawlenty looked more likely to return to [...]

Poll-arity

2009 May 22 by First Ringer

A variety of polling elements pull together to tell us something most Minnesota political observers already knew…Tim Pawlenty has the slight advantage in his own re-election.
A week ago, the prospects of third Pawlenty gubernatorial term – yet alone run – looked slightly bleaker among the state’s punditry as 57% of Minnesotans (not voters, but adults) [...]

Digging For Gold

2009 April 24 by First Ringer

The DFL’s former Minority Leader turned political prospector turns his spade in new ground – running for governor.
It was just under three years ago that the DFL’s House leader, Matt Entenza, armed with his wife’s bank account, a sharp tongue and sharper elbows, looked poised to become Minnesota’s next Attorney General. If not for digging dirt [...]

Minnesota Budgetary Rhetoric

2009 April 17 by Paul

Here is an email message purporting to be from a MN state representative, forwarded to me with preface by a close personal lefty (whom I believe is trustworthy). My reply (which includes a nifty decoder ring) follows. No secrets, just rhetoric.

The Homiletic Globetrotter

2009 April 4 by First Ringer

The only question is – will Tim Pawlenty play the role of the Washington Generals?
Gazing across the Minneapolis metroplex from high atop the 50th floor of the IDS Center on a clear, blue Friday afternoon, one could easily see across the Mississippi and into parts of St. Paul. And over my shoulder, giving a speech [...]

Crystal Balls Out

2009 March 25 by First Ringer

Larry Sabato, one of the foremost purveyors of cliched political common wisdom, stares deeply into his crystal ball from behind his desk in Virginia and see a decidedly vanilla prognostication about Tim Pawlenty’s re-election odds:
MINNESOTA–Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN): Most people assume that Pawlenty is running for a third term, though he hasn’t given the final word and [...]

Trifecta

2009 March 24 by First Ringer

Pawlenty of reasons Minnesota’s governor will take the plunge the third time.
Exceedingly coy about his intentions, Governor Tim Pawlenty has tip-toed around whether to seek a third term back home or get an early start on 2012 in hopes of shaking his current “dark horse” label. And why not? Between the state’s unresolved budget deficit, [...]

Three Card Pogey

2009 March 15 by Mr. D

I used to see them pretty regularly on the Congress El train in Chicago, on my way home to Oak Park. They’d set up shop in the back of a car, as far as possible from the conductor. There would always be the guy with the cards, a guy who would pretend to win and [...]

They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso…

2009 February 19 by First Ringer

22 GOP governors ponder whether or not to Take the Money and Run.
To crib from Mark Twain, a myth can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes. And in the wake of the Intergenerational Theft Act Stimulus bill, both liberals and conservatives have already begun sprinting across the fruited [...]