Pawlenty camp cuts ‘pantsing’ anecdote
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 6th, 2011 4:34 am by HL
Pawlenty camp cuts ‘pantsing’ anecdote
Former Minnesota governor and Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty liked a profile published by the Des Moines Register so much, his campaign staff blasted it out to reporters Friday. Most of it, that is.
The Register article began with former Minnesota House speaker Steve Sviggum recounting a decade-old incident that occurred during the annual House-Senate softball game. According to Sviggum, while he stood at the plate, Pawlenty — then a state legislator — snuck up behind his friend and yanked down Sviggum’s pants.
Obama’s role in debt talks scrutinized
The White House was knee-deep in budget negotiations with Republican lawmakers one May afternoon when Senate Democrats boarded buses for a short ride down Pennsylvania Avenue for a face-to-face session with President Obama.
Seated in an auditorium, the senators pressed Obama on their key concern as talks heated up over raising the nation’s debt ceiling: How would he stand up to tea party Republicans?
To the dismay of many in the audience, Obama conceded that he probably couldn’t — and probably wouldn’t — push too hard because he was unwilling to risk a U.S. government default.
Will Obama be reelected? The economy could hold the answer
Will Barack Obama’s fate be written in the numbers?
A 513-point plunge for the Dow, followed a day later by a drop in the nation’s credit rating.
Home values worth one-third less than they were five years ago.
