Topic: Tim Pawlenty

Pawlenty endorses Romney for president

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty endorsed ex-rival Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination Monday and was promptly named a national co-chairman of the Romney campaign.Weeks after ending his own bid for the White House, Pawlenty told Fox News ...

Pawlenty drops out of presidential race-reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Tim Pawlenty, a former Minnesota governor, has decided to drop out of the 2012 U.S. presidential race, U.S. media reported on Sunday.His decision came a day after he finished a distant third in the Iowa straw poll, an ...

Tim Pawlenty: No more Mr. Nice Guy

AMES, Iowa (Reuters) - No one will accuse Republican Tim Pawlenty of being too nice anymore.Two days before an Iowa straw poll that is a critical test for his lagging presidential campaign, Pawlenty dropped his nice-guy image in Thursday's debate and sharply ...

Some Pawlenty donors start to doubt 2012 campaign

MINNEAPOLIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As his campaign for U.S. president fails to take flight, some donors to Republican hopeful Tim Pawlenty are having second thoughts."Maybe I jumped the gun on that," William Curry III, a Wyoming retiree, said of his $500 donation to ...

Republican donors hedging 2012 election bets

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Republican donors, including some party kingmakers, are hedging their bets by donating to more than one presidential candidate, reflecting the instability of the field looking to unseat President Barack Obama in 2012.More than 300 donors gave at ...

Top adviser quits Pawlenty presidential campaign

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty's top policy adviser has left the campaign after less than two months, a Pawlenty spokesman said on Wednesday.Al Hubbard, a former economic aide to President George W. Bush, had been tapped in June to ...

Factbox: Pawlenty clings to White House bid despite slow start

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who was on Senator John McCain's short list for vice presidential running mate in 2008, is fighting low poll numbers and his vanilla image to remain in the 2012 Republican U.S. presidential field.Pawlenty, a ...

Eyeing Iowa, Bachmann hits at Pawlenty on credentials

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann hit back at a Republican rival on Sunday, saying her experience with the conservative Tea Party movement made her uniquely qualified to trim down Washington.Bachmann, the Minnesota representative who has emerged as a serious contender ...
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and former Godfather's CEO Herman Cain have rejected an anti-gay marriage pledgeFormer Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and former Godfather's CEO Herman Cain have rejected an anti-gay marriage pledge, The Washington Post reported. So far, only Minnesota Representative ...

Analysis: Republican Pawlenty faces critical month

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The clock is ticking for Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty. He has one month to prove he can break out of the 2012 also-rans and emerge as a viable contender.Republicans in Ames, Iowa, on August 13 conduct a straw ...
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