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The Spectacle Blog
The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack has written a short profile of former Minnesota governor and 2012 GOP hopeful Tim Pawlenty. McCormack’s description of Pawlenty is starkly different from the political moderate image that Pawlenty picked up in 2008 when he was thought of as a potential vice presidential candidate. McCormack writes that Pawlenty may be “the most underestimated Republican presidential candidate,” suggesteding that he “could appeal to the Tea Party and the Republican establishment.”
What would endear Pawlenty to the Tea Partiers? McCormack mentions his 299 vetoes, which included a number of tax hike bills. The most important data point, though, is the Cato Institute’s fiscal report card that awarded Pawlenty a grade of “A” for lowering spending and taxing. The only other governors to receive that grade were Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana — no moderate Republicans — as well as Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia, now a senator.
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Clint| 1.11.11 @ 6:45PM
10/1/2009:
"Some of the things listed at the Cato Institute that Tim Pawlenty stood by in Minnesota -
* Supports Massachusetts-style health care reform, including a “health care exchange” and an individual mandate;
* Has called for banning all prescription drug advertizing, and seeks government imposed price controls for drugs offered through Medicare;
* Proposed a $4000 per child preschool program for low-income children;
* Pushed a statewide smoking ban smoking ban in workplaces, restaurants and bars;
* Increased the state’s minimum wage;
* Imposed some of the most aggressive and expensive renewable energy mandates in the country;
* Was an ardent supporter of the farm bill;
* Received only a “C” ranking on Cato’s 2006 Governor’s Report Card, finishing below such Democrats as Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and tied with Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell."