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House Republicans argue that H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 must contain a provision that would require the President to issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline (unless he determines that the pipeline would not serve the national interest.) The Republican public reasoning that this construction of Follow this link to read more of: Keystone Should Be Tied to STOCK Act Considering Mitt Romney’s aversion to press interviews, the curious question after The LA Times article questioning Romney’s job creation during his Bain Capital years, who would the campaign offer as “spin-master” ? BACKGROUND : Key comments from the article entitled : A closer look at Mitt Romney’s job creation record – Romney and his team Follow this link to read more of: Pawlenty Selectively Cites Romney’s Jobs Record Tim Pawlenty must not be a sports fan … if he was he certainly would be familiar with the Yogi-isms offered by the wise sage, Yogi Berra. Take your pick … “The future ain’t what it used to be” or “It ain’t over ’til it’s over” … the message is the same … Don’t Quit. Follow this link to read more of: Life Lessons For Tim Pawlenty : Cardinals Kill Ponder “Soon-To-Be-President 2016” Tim Pawlenty has opted to terminate his campaign for the 2012 contest. As such, his endorsed sponsors will be free to offer a new endorsement … admittedly, in what would be considered a small group but includes three prominent Republicans … Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) “Governor Pawlenty is the best man to get Follow this link to read more of: Kline, Paulsen, Wilson Get Second Chance As the results of the Iowa Straw Poll were announced, the thought of Christian Laettner’s assessment seemed fitting. A little background for those not familiar with Christian Laettner. Laettner played college basketball for the Duke University Blue Devils, starring on the 1991 and 1992 NCAA champion teams and then won a Gold Medal at the Follow this link to read more of: Christian Picks Winner in Iowa Straw Poll ADAGE : Liars Figure and Figures Lie HEADLINE : Pawlenty Up 33% While Romney Holds and Others Falter STORY : Although Republican Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has barely spent time nor money in Michigan, the latest poll shows his number is up while George Romney’s son, Mitt, polls steadily in the low 20s — well Follow this link to read more of: Poll : Pawlenty UP; Romney STEADY, Others DOWN The Republican-controlled House of Representatives proved that they are willing to put tens of thousands of jobs on hold (except for selected government workers who continued to work without pay while paying their own travel expenses performing safety evaluations) in an attempt to save $16.5 million dollars. On Friday, the President signed legislation getting these Follow this link to read more of: A Curiosity Question : The Best Use of $2.5 Billion Tax Dollars? “It’s certainly a social and cultural, and moral issue, but it also has practical effects. I think obviously a man and a woman together are the traditional family. That’s how children are born and raised – traditionally.” Tim Pawlenty responding to a question by Candy Crowley on CNN State of the Union, July 24, 2011 Follow this link to read more of: Traditional Tim Pawlenty Forgets His Minnesota History CBS News Poll taken November 7-10, 2010 (after the mid-term elections which produced the Republicans control over the House of Representatives) “Of all the problems facing this country today, which one do you most want the new Congress to concentrate on first when it begins in January?” 56% – Economy and JOBS 14% – Health Follow this link to read more of: OOT GOP – Birthers Produce Migraines “He is not my man. Our candidate was chosen by the media” – Michele Bachmann March 15, 2008 describing John McCain to delegates at the Sherburne County Convention. In 2008, John McCain may not have been Ms. Bachmann’s “man”, but according to two sources Senator McCain and Ms. Bachmann met this past June. The subject Follow this link to read more of: Strange Bedfellows : Bachmann and McCain “It’s an uncomfortable question, to be sure,” Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) posed last week. “Are they trying to undermine the economy on purpose, for political gain? Harry Truman had a do-nothing Congress. The Republicans seem to be trying to make this a do-nothing-on-the-economy Congress.” It’s a fair question … especially when the Republican-controlled House of Follow this link to read more of: Will House GOP Wait For Pawlenty to Reform Post Office Last week, while Michele Bachmann was keeping bloggers busy fact checking and Mitt Romney was doing his best No I Didn’t Say What I Said impression, Tim Pawlenty was doing what Republican candidates do … talking Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. During the Q&A, “Soon-To-Be-President” Pawlenty was asked if his foreign policy Follow this link to read more of: Circa 2013, Pawlenty Celebrates Independence Day AB Stoddard’s column in The Hill looks at Tim Pawlenty and his troubles … concluding with this Zinger-of-the-Day : Many Republicans now wonder if Pawlenty is, as he described Obama, “timid, slow and too often without a clear understanding of our interests.” … here are some other highlights : Pawlenty focused intently on the three Follow this link to read more of: Pawlenty Receives Zinger-of-the-Day Award Thomas Sowell has authored a column that has been picked up by many sources (here it is from the National Review). The column discusses the Republican Presidential aspirants … well, essentially just three. First, Mr. Sowell dismisses Mitt Romney … “has already made too many other about-faces for voters to trust him”. Up next, Mr. Follow this link to read more of: Sowell : Pawlenty Is Not Hitler If you are one of the 45,647,400 Americans who earned less than $50,000 that paid income tax, you are not going to like reading this commentary … heck, if you are one of the 28,438,127 taxpayers who earned more than $50,000 but less than $100,000, you are not going to like this either … or Follow this link to read more of: Only In America : Earn $200,000 and Pay ZERO Taxes |
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