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Published: 07/26/10

Tim Pawlenty Debut: The Un-Palin, Un-Romney Makes His White House Case for 2012

By  Jill Lawrence - Politics Daily
Tim Pawlenty Debut: The Un-Palin, Un-Romney Makes His White House Case for 2012

Why was Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota wearing jeans this month at a meeting of formally attired governors in Boston? Fashion mystery solved: He was rushing off to a county Republican picnic 67 miles away in New Hampshire, the lead-off presidential primary state. There's no mystery about Pawlenty's political intentions, which partly explains why he drew 39 journalists to his debut this week at a ritual Washington breakfast -- "one of the biggest turnouts in recent breakfast history," said host David Cook of the Christian Science Monitor. Another reason is that, unlike other 2012 prospects ...

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