Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
Timothy James "Tim" Pawlentyis president and CEO of Financial Services Roundtable, a Washington, D.C.-based industry advocacy group. He was a Republican politician who served as the 39th Governor of Minnesota. He previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he was majority leader for two terms. In 2011 he entered the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination and later was a potential vice presidential nominee before serving as co-chair of Mitt Romney's campaign...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 November 1960
CountryUnited States of America
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What a great piece of progress this is,
If you had a terrorist incident, or a nuclear bomb or a biological weapon in a major metropolitan area, that could trigger that kind of need.
I think we are doing the prescription medicine equivalent of the Boston Tea Party.
The individuals who we have all seen and heard about, through the media and otherwise, who are suffering greatly are our fellow citizens,
Our people are working. Our students are learning. And our citizens are healthy.
The one issue there seems to be consensus on is the Gophers stadium, ... We will move forward with that as a possible basis for a special session.
Having the democrats watch your money is like having Michael Vick watch your dog for the weekend
We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state.
You can stick a fork in Barack Obama. Politically, he's done. The main way we can screw this up is if we choose the wrong Republican.
The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama.
I do support enhanced interrogation techniques. Obviously their value is shining through with respect to the bin Laden killing.
Today, Minnesota takes another step toward reducing our dependence on foreign oil while improving our environment and our rural economy,
The people and the mindset that killed 3,000 of our fellow citizens on September 11 2001, would have killed not 3,000, but 300,000 if they could have or 3 million or 30 million. We need to do everything we can within our value systems and legal structures to make sure that doesn't happen.
Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage?