The marketplace measurement in politics is something called an election. It's a pretty good barometer - it's transparent, it's numerical, it's objective. It gives you a pretty good measure of what your customers think of you. And in 2006 and 2008, the marketplace was telling the Republicans, We prefer the products and services of your competitors. And so when you're losing market share, you step back and say, What can we do differently?
Tim PawlentyBarack Obama's failed us. But look, it's understandable. A lot of people fail at their first job.
Tim PawlentyThe reason that the unions and the other stakeholders have not cut a deal with the automakers is because they believe the federal government is going to bail them out.
Tim PawlentyThe country's in significant danger, and I think we need people who are thoughtful. We're gonna have sharp differences, but we need to debate those in a way that's constructive and civil. I think President Obama is governing as a movement liberal. I don't think that rises to the level of being a socialist.
Tim PawlentyIt appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.
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