Please. No. Don’t like.

Mommypundit on June 2, 2009 at 3:10 PM

Me too

Pawlenty on regional cap and trade

Gov. Pawlenty said the cap-and-trade market is a good solution

“If you unleash the requirements and incentives and attractive features of a market, people will respond to it,” he said. “Some will respond by reducing pollution directly. Others will respond by buying credits or offsets in the marketplace, with the ultimate same net effect.”

Pawlenty said the regional action should push Congress and the president to create a national system.

Regional cap and trade moves industries to other regions

National cap and trade moves industries to other countries

He’d be very good for senate and he also deserves a closer look for Presidency.

incumbents win re-election more often than not. (Only Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush failed to win re-election in the last 30 years.)

Haha. I know this has nothing to do with the content of the post, but um, that’s two out of the last five, which gives you a different picture than “only those two have done it in the past 30 years.”

Anyway, other than that, an interesting post.

One of the most boring speakers and he has no personality.

lavell12 on June 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM

Pawlenty is NOT boring. He played hockey as a youngster and that’s not a boring sport. Yep, you betcha. Keep those sticks on the ice, eh?

Can he run for President and still raise his children?
Does he have foreign policy experience?

portlandon on June 2, 2009 at 3:26 PM

Minnahhh-sodahhh borders Canada, eh? Donchyaknow. Afta matta.

IR-MN on June 2, 2009 at 4:39 PM

Yea gads man! You’ve outed me to the HA crewe! ;-)

Count me as a 9/11 liberal then, after all, I voted for Bush in 04 and Johnny Mac & Norm in 08.

(BTW, my old comrades consider me apostate for the Bush vote and half of them won’t even talk to me anymore. Tolerance, you know…).

The Dims nominated a boring guy in 2000 and won the popular vote. If only our guy was that boring.

Bruno Strozek on June 2, 2009 at 4:03 PM

I actually agree with you except on your last point, despite you obviously being a liberal. Either Pawlenty or Sullivan could’ve won in 02 b/c of Penny. Pawlenty won Republicans and leaners and no one else. I remember how bad his 02 campaign was. Totally agree with you for 06, it was literally the perfect storm that saved Pawlenty. Sullivan might’ve lost.

Don’t agree that a GOPer has no chance. I think Mary Kiffmeyer, Jim Ramstad or John Kline all stand good chances. And if Obambi leads us to economic ruin, even Brian Sullivan could win again.

The solution passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, however, could raise a few eyebrows: Students either have to pass the test once, or fail it three times, to graduate.

Rae on June 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM

Seriously??? I can’t believe they haven’t adopted that nonsense here in California.

And, please God, do not let this guy run for President.

I’ve seen Pawlenty speak and he has no chance at the election. One of the most boring speakers and he has no personality.

lavell12 on June 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM

Second that. So boring that even a mad-as-hell electorate would have difficulty getting excited about a Pawlenty candidacy in 2012. And his cap’n'trade position is pure poison to the GOP base.

Enough with this type of candidate. Please no Romney, Huntsman, Crist or Pawlenty in 2012.

Does he have foreign policy experience?
portlandon on June 2, 2009 at 3:26 PM

You betcha… he can see Canada from the roof of the Governor’s Residence.

RJL on June 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM

Cap & Trade? YIKES! Sounds like another Crist actually.

Wait. He LIKES Cap & Trade? Hells bells. At least I didnt’ write that check yet.

hawksruleva on June 2, 2009 at 4:13 PM

I’d say. Don’t write that check!

Pawlenty has the potential to be a fine and thoughtful senator.

I just don’t see him being able to light a national fire.

myrenovations on June 2, 2009 at 3:07 PM

I agree. He’s not ready to head a ticket. Maybe VP in 2012, put 2012 will require someone who can beat Obama’s brains in. He’s too Milt Milquetoast for that task.

BuckeyeSam on June 2, 2009 at 4:04 PM

Pawlenty has good ideas and is a person I respect.

However, he needs to get better at public speaking with a purpose. He is boring to listen to, and sadly, you have to fire up a crowd to be able be effective as a senator or as a VP candidate.

No term limits in Illinois. You can run as many times as you want until they put you in jail.

Knucklehead on June 2, 2009 at 3:11 PM

Heh.

Pawlenty has the potential to be a fine and thoughtful senator.

I just don’t see him being able to light a national fire.

myrenovations on June 2, 2009 at 3:07 PM

I agree. He’s not ready to head a ticket. Maybe VP in 2012, put 2012 will require someone who can beat Obama’s brains in. He’s too Milt Milquetoast for that task.

In a straight up 2-candidate race the GOP doesn’t have a chance.

A purple Minny is a GOP pipe dream. It’s deep blue here, and the only way a GOP candidate wins statewide is with help from the IP.

I know your in denial about that Ed, but it’s time to man-up and face it.

Morrissey for governor!

Minnesotans will lose out on one of the most effective guardians of fiscal policy we have seen in some time.

Oh well. At least Pawlenty (RINO-MN) made sure the MN kids would graduate, whether they know the material or not.

The solution passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, however, could raise a few eyebrows: Students either have to pass the test once, or fail it three times, to graduate.