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Tag: Tim Pawlenty

August 2011 Ames, Iowa, Presidential Candidate Debate

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section Multimedia
Posted on Fri Aug 12, 2011 at 08:21:25 PM EST
Tags: Michele Bachman, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Iowa State University, FOX News - Topix, Washington Examiner, Ames Straw Poll, Iowa Republican Party (all tags)

Courtesy of Ron Paul's campaign YouTube channel, the Iowa Republican Presidential Debate is provided below in its entirety. (2012 Election Central has the same video, though it's broken up into ten parts.):

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2011 Western Conservative Presidential Straw Poll

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section Multimedia
Posted on Thu Aug 04, 2011 at 03:03:25 PM EST
Tags: 2011 Western Conservative Summit Straw Poll, Michele Bachman, John Bolton, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Guiliani, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Thaddeus McCotter, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Paul Ryan, Herman Cain (all tags)

By Golly this comes as no surprise. Promoted I like pizza.

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

2012 Republican Presidential Dance Card . . . Thus Far

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Wed Jun 15, 2011 at 01:13:41 PM EST
Tags: GOP 2012 Presidential Nominee, Michele Bachman, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Fred Karger, Andy Martin, Jimmy McMillan, Roy Moore, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Buddy Roemer, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Jonathon Sharkey, Ames Straw Poll, New Hampshire Primary (all tags)

It's often been said (including frequently on this site) that the real choice in any election is in the primaries. Once the primaries are over, you're essentially stuck with whoever survives. And in the quadrennial contest for the Republican nominee for the President of the United States, direct involvement in the primaries is going to be critical . . . there is no excuse for sitting on the sidelines and then carping because you don't like who wound up on the top of the ticket.

Of course, making an informed choice is always useful, and for that we should go below the fold.

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Principle Versus Power - Right Versus Might

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed Mar 31, 2010 at 10:04:39 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Mike Cox, Jennifer Granholm, Tim Pawlenty, Health care, Power, Republicans, Democrats (all tags)

On Greta, two good men showed what a glaring difference there is in how the left and the right view how best to govern.

One, the Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty explained that while he is governor, he cannot command his state's law enforcement official to do anything. He admits that she is on the other side of the debate (of health care) yet she has not committed to not performing a challenge, and that it could still happen. The important part? He will not assume a role of telling THAT AG office what to do, yet consistently maintains his position that the bill is flawed, and unconstitutional. His AG may well have to participate on behalf of the people anyhow, but not by his word. He has left it to the people as is their right to petition such things.

The other, Mike Cox, the Michigan attorney general explains that no matter what our leadership's opinion might be, he is charged with doing the correct and right thing by representing the citizens of Michigan in a fight against this bill. Holding the constitution up as the protection against this power grab by Washington. He asserts the commerce clause being used as justification to force buying of insurance is an overstepping of the government's authority. In his naming of of the aggrieved, he did however concede to the governor's point of filing on behalf of the citizens, so that the governor may file against the Michigan citizens in support of Obama. - (my words)

And the governor?

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