UncommonSense (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty isn't as forgiving as Bill O'Reilly, apparently.The right-wing talker let Mike Huckabee off the hook for the alleged crimes of a man Huckabee granted clemency. Pawlenty wants GOP primary voters to know he would nevah do such a thing.Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty became the first likely GOP presidential candidate to criticize Mike Huckabee's pardon...
Hoops and Other Pop Culture (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/69921-pawlenty-i-would-not-have-granted-clemency-to-clemmons I can see why no Minnesota criminal would ask for clemency, what with the 50-inch plasma TVs that the Pawlenty Administration provides to sex offenders at a cost of $2,300 each. Oh wait, T-Paw removed those after it became a political embarrassment: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/20/sex-offenders-big-screen-tvs/...
City Pages - The Blotter (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
T-Paw wants you to know that he never pardoned any cop-killers--or anybody else for that matter.
Pardon Power (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Minnesota Public Radio reports Gov. Pawlenty said "he never granted clemency during his time as governor and would not have granted clemency to the alleged shooter in Washington." PardonPower wonders if Pawlenty meant to say there were no deserving recipients of clemency during his tenure. Hopefully he wasn't a big enough jackass to allow persons he knew to be innocent to continue...
City Pages - The Blotter (Free subscription) | yesterday
The governor has been racking up a lot of frequent flyer miles lately, but not a lot of love.
PAXALLES (Free subscription) | yesterday
Laura Ingraham hosted Gov. Tim Pawlenty, on how his health-care reforms should be a model for the country. Pawlenty said he's never granted clemency and pardons are granted for minor offenses after time served. Pawlenty said nobody knows who he...
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to help fellow GOPers just seeds the ground for a WH '12 bid. In other WH '12 news, MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty is continuing his early swing around the country. He is set to appear at a fundraiser for state Sen GOPers in NH on 12/16. It will be Pawlenty's first trip to NH since he formed his PAC.
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
In the name of trade, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty heads south later this week — way south.
MNPublius.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
I suppose I would, too, if I was basing my political career on a philosophy the economic forecasts suggest is not working. I could see how it would be annoying being told that tax cuts aren’t the solution to everything. That’s what Tim Pawlenty is being told by state economist Tom Stinson, according to an article in [...]
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Pawlenty shuns views of long-time state economist.
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Tom Stinson, the state's economist for two decades, is delivering an unpleasant dose of news that once again puts him at odds with the state's top elected official.
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The Minnesota House mischaracterized the economic factors Gov. Tim Pawlenty used to justify cutting funds for a nutrition program for the elderly, blind and disabled, according to a letter filed in court Tuesday by his lawyer.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
