Minnesota Independent

Values Voter Summit invites Pawlenty — sort of

By Andy Birkey | 02.10.11 | 8:36 pm

The Values Voter Summit is the premier gathering of the religious right each year, and it’s an event Tim Pawlenty will need to attend to shore up the support of social conservatives before the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary should he seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. But judging by the invitation page for the summit, Pawlenty may have his work cut out for him getting recognized: Instead of Pawlenty’s picture, the organizers posted that of Janet Parshall.

Bachmann pulls out of 2012 presidential straw poll

By Andy Birkey | 09.17.10 | 1:59 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann asked organizers of the Values Voter Summit presidential straw poll to remove her name from consideration on Friday. Bachmann’s opponent, DFLer Tarryl Clark, accused Bachmann of running for president in an email to supporters this morning.…

Pawlenty drops out of Values Voter poll, will still speak at summit

By Andy Birkey | 09.16.10 | 12:02 pm

Gov. Tim Pawlenty asked the Values Voter Summit to remove his name from the presidential straw poll the religious right event will conduct this weekend, the Star Tribune reports. He will be speaking at the summit…

Bachmann called on to denounce anti-Muslim Values Voter Summit speaker

By Andy Birkey | 09.16.10 | 9:00 am

People for the American Way called on speakers at this coming weekend’s Values Voter Summit to denounce inflammatory statements made by the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer about U.S. servicemembers, gays, Muslims and Hispanics. The AFA is a…

Bachmann, Pawlenty listed on religious right’s presidential straw poll

By Andy Birkey | 09.07.10 | 4:04 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann is listed on the Values Voter Summit’s 2012 presidential straw poll along with 16 other potential candidates, including Gov. Tim Pawlenty. When asked, Bachmann hasn’t said she’s running for president; she simply says she’s focused…

Bachmann to speak at Values Voter Summit, Pawlenty unconfirmed

By Andy Birkey | 06.04.10 | 8:32 am

Rep. Michele Bachmann has confirmed she will be speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., in September. The event is organized by the Family Research Council, a group that opposes homosexuality, and it is one of…

DNC, T-Paw take Bachmann’s advice, melt each other’s phone lines

By Chris Steller | 09.18.09 | 1:22 pm

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has been urging people since at least July to “melt the phone lines” of the politically powerful on health care reform. Now the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Gov. Tim Pawlenty are…

And what about Jewish values at the Values Voter Summit?

By Andy Birkey | 09.17.09 | 12:32 pm

Salon’s Mike Madden notes that the Values Voters Summit, which features Minnesota’s conservative heavyweights Rep. Michele Bachmann and Gov. Tim Pawlenty, is being held on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and a religiously prescribed day of rest.
“Does…

Bachmann to join Pawlenty at controversial religious right rally

By Andy Birkey | 09.11.09 | 2:57 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann will join Gov. Tim Pawlenty at the biggest religious right event of the year. The Sept. 18 Values Voter Summit, hosted by Focus on the Family and several…

Pawlenty to bolster religious right bona fides at Values Voter Summit

By Andy Birkey | 06.22.09 | 12:10 pm

The Family Research Council has announced that Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be a featured speaker at September’s Values Voter Summit. The annual conference hosts leaders from…