As expected, erstwhile Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has come rumbling into the ring to challenge Barack Obama for the presidency in 2012. In launching his bid, T-Paw ran through the GOP’s list of top gripes with the current administration: the bailout, the stimulus and, of course, “Obamacare.” And he’s going to tell the truth! –KA

Los Angeles Times:

Blasting what he described as the president’s “fluffy promises of hope and change,” Pawlenty sought to cast himself as a truth teller and argued that spending in Washington was driving the nation’s economy off a cliff. He chided the president for backing a “pork-filled stimulus bill,” financial bailouts for well-connected businesses, and called the Democratic healthcare plan “an unmitigated disaster for our country.”

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