Mitt Romney

Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession. They're all jockeying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination — even if they won't say so.

By John Last night, Paul reported on a Mike Huckabee event that he attended. Paul's conclusion was that Huckabee is a conservative, albeit not a conventional one. Paul, however, "[is] not a Mike Huckabee conservative." In my view, Pawlenty and Mitt Romney are far and away the Republicans' best Pre...

By Matthew E. Miller I’m thinking of this because it concerns Tim Pawlenty.  Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and Sarah Palin all have enemies.  Romney and Palin may not violate the rule of 10, but their time in the sun has made them lighting rods.  The spotlight and time make their own kind of gravity.  And what goes up…

By fvmoore Huckabee Leads Republican Pack In a very early look at the 2012 race for president, a new CNN/Opinion Research survey finds that 32% of Republican voters say they would support Mike Huckabee (R), followed by Sarah Palin (R) at 25%, Mitt Romney at 21% and Tim Pawlenty at 5%.

By Aron Goldman CNN/Opinion Research 2012 GOP Nomination Mike Huckabee 32% (26%) Sarah Palin 25% (29%) Mitt Romney 21% (21%) Tim Pawlenty 5% (N/A) Someone Else 10% (10%) Favorable / Unfavorable {Net} Mike Huckabee 43% [45%] / 26% [25%] {+17%} Mitt Romney 36% [42%] / 26% [29%] {+10%} Tim Pawlenty 15% / 13...

By Juli Weiner It is a fact of Washington politics and future Washington politics that Newt Gingrich will be forced to run as the GOP’s Presidential candidate in 2012. You can tell this is most definitely the case because, um, A. Tim Pawlenty B. Bobby Jindal, C. Mitt Romney and D. Others (??). Anyway, how stoked...

By David Schmidt At the moment, Weber, the former Minnesota congressman and now consummate Washington insider, has stepped away from Mitt Romney and aligned himself with the governor, accepting the position of co-chair of Pawlenty’s Freedom First Political Action Committee.

By fvmoore Obama Leads All 2012 Match Ups Public Policy Polling on some hypothetical 2012 match ups: President Obama leads Mike Huckabee 47% to 43%, Mitt Romney 48% to 40%, Sarah Palin 52% to 40%, and Tim Pawlenty 50% to 30%. These are very similar to findings from a recent Washington Post/ABC News po...

By Carloz Almost a year after his election as President, Barack Obama continues to lead his most likely 2012 rivals in hypothetical contests for reelection. Obama leads Mike Huckabee 47-43, Mitt Romney 48-40, Sarah Palin 52-40, and Tim Pawlenty 50-30.

Tim Pawlenty reached out to his 49 fellow governors in a letter proposing an "Interstate Health Insurance Compact"; Mike Pence hired a new campaign finance director; Bobby Jindal remains popular in his home state, with a 64 percent approval rating; and Mitt Romney swung through Massac...

Unless you're beloved by conservative Christians, don't bother campaigning in Iowa. That's one lesson learned by some strategiests allied with for several potential 2012 presidential candidates. Others see differently. The question applies most to Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) and Ex-...

By Kavon W. Nikrad Rasmussen 2012 Republican National Primary Poll Tim Pawlenty 28% (15%)Sarah Palin 21% (21%)Newt Gingrich 20% (15%)Mitt Romney 9% (9%)Mike Huckabee 8% (10%) In the 2012 election, how likely is it that a Republican candidate will defeat Barack Obama?

Tim Pawlenty announced health care policy proposals at a news conference in Minnesota and a blog post at Big Government; he'll also be in DC tomorrow to speak at a luncheon hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition; Iowa has been relatively calm, with little traffic from GOP presidentia...

Newt Gingrich says Tim Pawlenty should run; Mitt Romney has been on a fundraising tear; Bobby Jindal penned an op-ed for The Washington Post, declaring the debate over Democratic health reforms "over"; Mike Huckabee, on air at Fox News, directed viewers to a petition launched by his PAC...

In the strongest sign yet that he is considering a White House bid, Gov. Tim Pawlenty unveiled a team of political heavy hitters Thursday that has the political world buzzing about the still little-known Minnesota Republican. Pawlenty's new political action committee, named the Freedo...

By Doug Mataconis The moves underscore, and will lend credence to, the emerging belief among many establishment Republicans that Pawlenty is becoming the sole viable alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a potential Republican primary rival. The Minnesota governor has even gone so far...

By CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney Pawlenty will hold his first "Freedom First" fundraiser in Washington in late October, an aide said, followed by another "major" fundraising event in Minneapolis on Nov. 4. The PAC will be chaired by a pair of GOP heavy hitters — William Strong, a Morgan Stanley vice chairman who was a top do...

A team of veteran Republican consultants -- Terry Nelson of the Bush and McCain campaigns, Sara Taylor, the Ken Mehlman-trained ex-White House political director, and Phil Musser, a former RGA executive director who remains close to Mitt Romney -- and fundraisers will be announced as...

By Matthew E. Miller The moves underscore, and will lend credence to, the emerging belief among many establishment Republicans that Pawlenty is becoming the sole viable alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a potential Republican primary rival. The Minnesota governor has even gone so fa...

By Kristofer Lorelli Mitt Romney - Possesses the most private sector business experience of any of the 2012 candidates.  Similar to Gingrich and Pawlenty, former Governor Romney is a ’solutions’ candidate that has at least some appeal to all philosophical wings of the party.  Although conservative on most...

By lpratapas Tim Pawlenty may be interested in running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Tim Pawlenty is joining the PAC club. With the startup of his PAC, Pawlenty now joins Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin as possible 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls who...

By Mark Murray Huckabee won the Value Voters straw poll. He got about 28%. Romney, Palin, and Mike Pence followed, all getting some 12%. The results: 1. Mike Huckabee 170 28.48%2. Mitt Romney 74 12.40%3. Tim Pawlenty 73 12.23%4. Sarah Palin 72 12.06%5. Mike Pence 71 11.89%6. Newt Gingrich 40 6.70%7. Bobby Jindal 28 4.69%8....

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By editor@thestranger.com (Dan Savage) So Mike Huckabee beat Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Tim Pawlenty in a straw poll of potential GOP presidential contenders hosted by the Family Research Council on Saturday.... Of the 597 people who cast ballots, they clearly liked former Governor Huckabee the most as he grabbed 170 of the vot...

By peterhamby The potential Republican candidates on the ballot are: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence, former Massachusetts Gov....

The contenders in the first GOP 2012 straw poll, held at the Values Voter Summit that starts tomorrow in Washington, will be Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum, as those names were included on the of...

By Mark B. Lowe The 2009 Values Voters Summit will be held September 18th through the 20th. They have quite the impressive speakers list. They include such people as: Roy Blunt John Boehner Eric Cantor Mike Huckabee Tim Pawlenty Mike Pence Mitt Romney Phyllis Schlafly …and many, many more. In addition to t...

By John Brodigan During my time away from blogging, the 2012 Republican Primary started. It didn’t start with presumptive frontrunner Mitt Romney (disclosure: JBdotC is Romney Country). It started when Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, while criticizing ObamaCare, made it a point to make a few digs at t...

I read a list of eight potential candidates: Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Mitch Daniels (a suggestion from the floor), and — just for fun — Gen. David Petraeus. I emphasized that nobody was committing to anything. This was not a swearin...

By DaveG During the recent Mitt/T-Paw feud over health care reform, I noticed something interesting: both men seemed to be taking the exact same position. Gov. Romney wrote an excellent piece for USA Today on the successes and failures of the Massachusetts model. In the piece, Romney maintains tha...

By Mark Murray In a letter to his congressional delegation, Tim Pawlenty took a shot at Massachusetts' health-care program, "an implicit attack on the Bay State's former governor, Mitt Romney (R)," The Hill notes. He wants the focus on cost, not expansion. Pawlenty is slated to speak at the RNC meeting t...

By Aron Goldman Fox News/Opinion Dynamics 2012 GOP Nomination (UPDATED) Among Republicans Mitt Romney 22% (18%) Mike Huckabee 21% (20%) Sarah Palin 17% (13%) Rudy Giuliani 13% (12%) Newt Gingrich 9% (14%) Bobby Jindal 3% (3%) Jeb Bush 1% (3%) Tim Pawlenty 1% Mark Sanford 0% (4%) Too soon to say 10% (7%) A...

By Doug Forrester During an interview with Pawlenty the issue of Obama’s healthcare  plan came up and Pawlenty used that opportunity to warn against going down the route of the Massachusetts healthcare plan. Pawlenty characterized the Massachusetts healthcare reform of Mitt Romney as an “incomplete r...

By Denny That leaves us with GOP rising star Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Gov. of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. Republicans Plot Their Course for a Return to Relevance Christian Right Regroups After Obama Victory Romney: Obama Must Be 'Educator-in-Chief

Boston Globe John & Sarah in St. Paul  - That left Mitt Romney, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, and Sarah Palin. I asked someone who speaks regularly to McCain why Romney was eliminated and got ... Four More Years of "Change" Artvoice Palin brightens stage for McCain Frontier Post

 Canada - Aug 29, 2008 John McCain's choice for vice president. With apparent frontrunners Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty are out, focus has shifted to darkhorse Alaska Gov. ...

Boston Globe A source very close to Mitt Romney tells Washington Wire that the former governor of Massachusetts had no plans to be in Ohio today. ... Romney To Appear In Dayton Tomorrow Atlantic Online Romney abortion stand gives pause DetNews.com

 United States - Aug 29, 2008 If it’s Mitt, it’s because he’s that rarest of Republican politicians - a guy still married to his first wife. If it’s not Mitt, it’s because he’sa Mormon ...

 - Aug 29, 2008 There was no indication that another Republican considered a leading contender, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, was heading to Ohio. ...

By Doug Mataconis Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota are the top candidates as Mr. McCain and his advisers gather over the next several days at Mr. McCain’s cabin near Sedona, they said. (…) Mr. Romney, who is Mormon, ...

By Doug Mataconis Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota are the top candidates as Mr. McCain and his advisers gather over the next several days at Mr. McCain’s cabin near Sedona, they said. …) Mr. Romney, who is Mormon, might not be the easiest sell to Christian conservatives...

By info@spectator.org (Robert Stacy McCain) Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota are the top candidates as Mr. McCain and his advisers gather over the next several days at Mr. McCain’s cabin near Sedona, they said. ...

By Walter Alarkon Mike Huckabee (R) said that John McCain should avoid picking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) as his running mate and should instead look to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R). Huckabee, on Fox News Wednesday, told host Sean ...

But the two names that seem to pop up on everyone's list are Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. ... Pawlenty to help McCain and Hackett Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Annotating McCain's Convention Schedule Atlantic Online

By Jeff Politico.com has an exclusive story that McCain will announce his VP choice on September 29th. Nobody knows who it will be but they're saying it's a down to Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty... Obama is supposed to be announcing his pick ...

Michael D. Shear and Robert Barnes, Washington Post The list of likely contenders includes former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former U.S. budget director Rob Portman and former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge.

Pawlenty gives stern advice to GOP  WI - The support, however, wasn't enough in his own state, where former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Feb. 5 caucuses with the backing of 41% of the ...

about McCain's age. Also making the list; South Dakota Senator John Thune, Florida Governor Charlie Crist and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. VP Pawlenty Watch: More likely to get love from McCain than Mrs ... Minneapolis City Pages

By Gary Matthew Miller But it doesn’t mean that he’ll be able to deliver the state for Mr. McCain. In the run-up to Super Tuesday earlier this month, Mr. Pawlenty stumped hard for Mr. McCain only to watch as Republican voters delivered Minnesota overwhelmingly to Mitt Romney.