Pawlenty to Start PAC
Chris Cillizza
The Fix
WashPost
In the latest sign that he is preparing to run for president in 2012, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) is starting a political action committee that will allow him to donate to state and federal candidates and travel the country in support of his party.
The "Freedom First" PAC is slated to hold its first official event in November, according to a save-the-date e-mail being circulated among Republican activists. The event, which includes a reception and a dinner, is scheduled for Nov. 4 at the Minneapolis Hilton. To serve as a "chair" for the fundraiser, an individual must collect $100,000 for the event while "co-chairs" are required to bring in $50,000. Individual tickets cost $5,000.
"When the Governor said he wouldn't seek re-election, he said in addition to finishing his term strong, he would help other Republicans candidates, and obviously a PAC is one key way to do that," said Alex Conant, an unofficial adviser to Pawlenty.
In the past few months, Tpaw has worked aggressively to introduce himself to potential 2012 Republican primary voters. He has visited (or will visit by the end of the month) a number of battleground states including Florida and Ohio and drew considerable media coverage for his speech last week at the Value Voters Summit in Washington. (That activity led us to name Pawlenty the second most influential Republican in the country last week.)
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The Fix
WashPost
In the latest sign that he is preparing to run for president in 2012, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) is starting a political action committee that will allow him to donate to state and federal candidates and travel the country in support of his party.
The "Freedom First" PAC is slated to hold its first official event in November, according to a save-the-date e-mail being circulated among Republican activists. The event, which includes a reception and a dinner, is scheduled for Nov. 4 at the Minneapolis Hilton. To serve as a "chair" for the fundraiser, an individual must collect $100,000 for the event while "co-chairs" are required to bring in $50,000. Individual tickets cost $5,000.
"When the Governor said he wouldn't seek re-election, he said in addition to finishing his term strong, he would help other Republicans candidates, and obviously a PAC is one key way to do that," said Alex Conant, an unofficial adviser to Pawlenty.
In the past few months, Tpaw has worked aggressively to introduce himself to potential 2012 Republican primary voters. He has visited (or will visit by the end of the month) a number of battleground states including Florida and Ohio and drew considerable media coverage for his speech last week at the Value Voters Summit in Washington. (That activity led us to name Pawlenty the second most influential Republican in the country last week.)
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“Freedom First” … hmmm…. Remember when the motto was “Country First” … seems like ole T-Paw’s hard turn to the libertarian side of the GOP is complete.
Considering the complaints by America's Health Insurance Plans and Republicans after the federal government recently ordered insurers to stop sending mailings to Medicare beneficiaries warning that health-care reform may jeopardize their benefits could be violating First Amendment rights to free expression, I wonder how they feel about Pawlenty’s stance on “Freedom of Speech” for the pharmaceutical industry.
It was only on November 14, 2006 at the Midwest States Health Reform Summit, a conference of health professionals and policymakers, that Governor Pawlenty said that prescription drug ads should be limited or temporarily suspended because they only "create consumer-driven appetites for prescription medicines that do not yield wise decisions."
He also said at the same conference that Congress' ban on negotiating bulk discounts for prescription drugs under Medicare Part D is "unconscionable" and should be repealed.
Today, Pawlenty is a bought and paid for politician … that has thoroughly mismanaged the State of Minnesota’s finances by reducing reserves, increased borrowing, maintaining subsidies for ethanol while cutting rebates for property taxes, etc. … all leaving the State with future liabilities that the next governor will have to resolve.
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