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AM.MN: ‘Independent Republican’ Brown is new Eugene McCarthy

By Chris Steller | 01.20.10 | 8:45 am

am.mn logoScott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate election is making some old Minnesota political names new again. Brown calls himself an “Independent Republican” — the same name Minnesota’s GOP used for 20 years after Watergate.…

For PAC website re-do, Pawlenty taps firm that helped Ron Paul

By Chris Steller | 01.11.10 | 9:43 am

tpaw pac websiteTim Pawlenty has tapped the firm that helped Ron Paul rake in cash to redesign his political action committee’s website.

AM.MN: Norm Coleman atop GOP ticket would be “spitting in the face” of Tea Party voters

By Chris Steller | 01.11.10 | 8:00 am

am.mn logoA Norm Coleman run for governor would be an insult to the party’s Tea Party faction, according to a Republican of recent vintage who took the mic at a Saturday GOP fundraiser in St. Cloud. “If we put you…

Has Pawlenty lost a 2012 rival and gained a Granite State backer?

By Chris Steller | 12.01.09 | 10:06 am

The ranks of GOP presidential rivals who poll higher than Gov. Tim Pawlenty may soon thin if doomsayers are correct about Mike Huckabee’s future. Pundits (and Republicans) say the former Arkansas governor is on the ropes…

Pawlenty: Republicans must stick together for ‘American comeback’

By Jason Hancock | 11.08.09 | 7:33 pm

The Republican Party isn’t big enough to “throw people overboard,” Gov. Tim Pawlenty told GOP activists in Des Moines on Saturday. Jason Hancock of the Minnesota Independent’s sister site, the Iowa Independent, was there.

Pawlenty gives Obama ‘corrosive’ treatment

By Chris Steller | 10.26.09 | 10:08 am

tpaw pretzel DC pacGov. Pawlenty continued his attacks on Barack Obama today, saying the president is “spending the country into bankruptcy,” is “projecting potential weakness” to America’s enemies, and has “governed in an extremely liberal way.”

Three hundred Freedom Firsters sign on for Pawlenty PAC event

By Chris Steller | 10.22.09 | 10:19 am

TI7693Three hundred people who love freedom more than lasers will join forces with Gov. Tim Pawlenty at his new leadership committee’s first fundraisers in Washington, D.C. tonight. T-Paw’s Freedom First PAC is hosting a low-cost, pretzel-themed gathering…

Pawlenty’s PAC event outgunned by NRA ‘Laser Shoot Out’

By Chris Steller | 10.19.09 | 11:51 am

freedom first logoThis week’s first fundraiser for Gov. Pawlenty’s new Freedom First committee conflicts with another event that sounds more fun, if you like shooting lasers.

Freedom First Web site features plenty of Pawlenty

By Chris Steller | 10.01.09 | 8:31 am

freedom first logoGov. Tim Pawlenty announces the launch of his Freedom First political action committee today. He’ll surely repeat, as he’s been telling everyone, that the PAC is not about him and his pursuit of the presidency.…

‘Freedom First’: A not-so-fresh name for Pawlenty’s new PAC

By Chris Steller | 09.24.09 | 1:32 pm

freedom firstsGov. Tim Pawlenty isn’t the first to use the phrase “Freedom First,” the name of his new political action committee (PAC).