From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tim Pawlenty presidential campaign, 2012
Tim Pawlenty presidential campaign, 2012
Tim Pawlenty for President 2012 In late 2009, Pawlenty began taking steps that many
saw as leading to a 2012 presidential bid.[9] He visited
Iowa in November 2009 and April 2010, making political
speeches.[10] In January 2011, the New York Times report-
ed that "Few Americans, in fact, even know his name."[11]
In January 2011, Pawlenty told the College Republicans
group at The George Washington University "If I decide
to run it would be for president, not vice presi-
Campaign U.S. presidential election, 2012 dent."[12][13]
Candidate Tim Pawlenty
Former Governor of Minnesota Staff
Affiliation Republican Party Sonny Perdue, a former governor of Georgia who was na-
tional campaign co-chairman for Newt Gingrich, defect-
Status Withdrew, August 14, 2011[1] ed to Pawlenty’s campaign in June 2011, when at least 16
Headquarters St. Paul, Minnesota of Gingrich’s staff quit.[14]
Key people Nick Ayers (Manager)
Receipts US$160,065.91
Book tour and political posi-
Website
tions
Pawlenty 2012
Former Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota began a
movement for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for
President of the United States shortly after the 2010
midterm elections.
On March 21, 2011 Pawlenty announced on Facebook
that he had filed the organization of an exploratory com-
mittee with the Federal Elections Commission. He for-
mally declared his candidacy in Iowa on May 23, 2011.[2]
The day after finishing third place in the August 13, 2011
Ames Straw Poll,[3] Pawlenty ended his presidential cam-
paign.[1]
Background
In February 2005, ABC News identified him as a potential
candidate for president.[4] Pawlenty decided not to seek
a third term as governor, and so was not a candidate
in the November 2010 gubernatorial election. Later, he
regretted the decision, which was made in part due to
wanting to avoid having to fight with the Democratic-
controlled legislature, because Democrats lost control of
the legislature in the same election.[5] In September 2008,
MinnPost mentioned that Pawlenty was a potential candi-
date in the 2012 presidential election.[6] In October 2009,
a CNN article suggested that Pawlenty was contemplat-
ing a 2012 White House bid.[7] Among those advising him Pawlenty at a book signing in February 2011 in Phoenix, Ari-
in preparation for a potential presidential run is lobbyist zona.
and former Congressman Vin Weber.[8]
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Pawlenty went on tour for his book Courage to Stand, and little unusual in politics. I’m just going to tell the
as of January 18, his book had reached #1,979 on Ama- truth."[24][25] A YouTube video[26] appeared a day be-
zon.com’s list of bestsellers.[15] Pawlenty calls himself a fore.[27] The Wall Street Journal wrote of his candidacy, and
social conservative.[16] In his extended interview with the luck he experienced in the GOP’s field, that Pawlenty
Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, he said he thinks United has a "golden chance to become the chief rival to... Mitt
States Social Security and Medicare need to be cut to bal- Romney".[28]
ance the federal budget.[17] Pawlenty believes that state
governments should outlaw abortion, except for cases of Rivalry with Michele Bachmann
rape, incest, and to save a woman’s life. He thinks the Before fellow Minnesota politician Michele Bachmann
United States Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade wrong- entered the race in mid-2011, Pawlenty said, "I have a lot
ly, abortion being a state, not a federal, matter. He oppos- of respect for Michele Bachmann … Whether she runs or
es same-sex marriage and civil unions. He would like to not, it’s gonna be a big field. There’s gonna be five, six,
reinstate "Don’t ask, don’t tell" should he become pres- seven, eight people running … Whoever wants to run can
ident. Answering a question from talk radio host Bryan run. The more, the merrier."[15] In the weeks leading up
Fischer, he replied, "... I have been a public supporter of to the Ames Straw Poll hosted by the Iowa GOP, however,
maintaining Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and I would support re- Pawlenty expressed frustration with the perception that
instating it as well".[16] Representative Bachmann was the outsider in Minneso-
In December 2010, Pawlenty was one of three U.S. ta politics and that he was the establishment.[29] In a de-
governors who publicly declared solidarity with bate hosted by Fox News Channel and the Washington Ex-
Christian-right group Family Research Council.[18] aminer shortly before the poll Pawlenty challenged Bach-
Pawlenty’s tour passed through Minneapolis, San mann, claiming that "in Congress, [Bachmann’s] record
Francisco and Dallas, ending in Iowa in January where of accomplishment and results is nonexistent."[30]
the Iowa Caucuses are scheduled for February 6, 2012. Although Pawlenty had a top three result in the Ames
"That will come up fast," he said, "if I do run." poll on August 13 (after Bachmann and Ron Paul) and
In a December 2010 column in The Wall Street Journal, stated that "[w]e made progress in moving from the back
Pawlenty argued in favor of the historical benefits of of the pack into a competitive position for the caucus-
"private sector" labor unions and strongly against "pub- es",[31] some analysts were of the view that with him re-
lic sector" labor unions, whose collective bargaining ceiving less than half of Bachmann’s vote, Pawlenty had
rights he would like to see curbed: "The rise of the labor failed to reassure his prospective supporters and donors
movement in the early 20th century was a triumph for that his campaign was not stalled.[32][33]
America’s working class. In an era of deep economic anx-
iety, unions stood up for hard-working but vulnerable Withdrawal
families, protecting them from physical and economic
exploitation." He also criticized modern unions: "The
moral case for unions—protecting working families from
exploitation—does not apply to public employment...
Unionized public employees are making more money, re-
ceiving more generous benefits, and enjoying greater job
security than the working families forced to pay for it
with ever-higher taxes, deficits and debt."[19]
Campaign developments
Announcement
On March 21, 2011, Pawlenty announced, via Facebook,
that he had formed an exploratory committee in prepa-
ration for a potential run for the 2012 Republican pres-
idential nomination.[20][21] On April 12, 2011, Pawlenty Pawlenty speaking at the Ames Straw Poll, the day before with-
said clearly on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight that he was drawing from the race.
"running for President" and not for Vice President,
adding that a formal announcement would be given in Following his poor showing in the Ames Straw Poll,
several weeks.[22] On Twitter, his spokesman said CNN where he received only 13.57% of the votes cast,[3] behind
took his comments out of context.[23] On May 23, 2011, second-place Ron Paul and winner Michele Bachmann,
Pawlenty launched his candidacy for President in a Pawlenty announced on ABC News’s This Week he was
speech in Iowa stating: "I’m going to try something a ending his campaign for the Republican nomination: [1]
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