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By Jon Collins | 11.11.11 | 11:06 am

Pawlenty said the “bench strength of the Republican Party and conservative movement is incredible,” citing vice presidential prospects for politicians like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

Live video: Joe Biden in St. Cloud

By Chris Steller | 03.19.09 | 11:20 am

Vice President Joe Biden held a town-hall meeting on beefing up the middle class in St. Cloud today. Watch live streaming video via the UpTake after the jump.

Details still iffy about Biden’s Minneapolis face time with Obama on veep post

By Chris Steller | 12.29.08 | 9:22 am

The Twin Cities played a starring role in the selection of both major-party vice-presidential candidates this year — on stage in the case of Republican Sarah Palin and behind the scenes in the case of Democrat Joe Biden. But just as the grand total of Palin’s purchases on GOP credit cards (which started in Minnesota) was a moving target, the details of Biden’s back-door tete-a-tete with Barack Obama in Minneapolis last August have shifted over time. At issue: Exactly how long did they meet in person at Obama’s hotel, and exactly how many others (and of what gender) was Obama still considering for the veep slot then?

‘How ya doin’?’ McCain on the VP’s two (maybe three) duties

By Chris Steller | 10.02.08 | 2:10 pm

A stock line of Sen. John McCain’s over the years has been that the vice president of the United States really only has two duties. He hasn’t always named the same two duties, but none would require of Gov.…

VP or not VP: T-Paw stays below radar in new poll

By Chris Steller | 05.13.08 | 7:36 am


A new Washington Post-ABC News poll asked people leaning Republican who they’d like John McCain to choose as his vice presidential running-mate. The results of the national survey show Gov. Tim Pawlenty with an asterisk, in…

VP or not VP: Is ‘Eau de Newt’ a key ingredient in T-Paw’s GOP love potion?

By Chris Steller | 04.28.08 | 7:20 am

The byline on the Strib’s Commentary page today reads, “By Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty.” And that’s the most interesting part of the op-ed, which revisits ground Newt and Tim covered last fall when Gingrich…

VP or not VP: T-Paw clearing calendar — for GOP ticket slot?

By Chris Steller | 04.11.08 | 9:05 am

Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been John McCain’s vice presidential fave for a year now, according to The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder, who says nothing’s happened over that time (ahem, I-35W?) that might change McCain’s mind.…

Lewis: McCain has better choices than Pawlenty

By Joe Bodell | 02.25.08 | 7:53 pm

COMMENTARY — Recently, I wrote a critique of Tim Pawlenty and the possibility of him being named the running mate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain this year.  Turns out, right-wing talk