C'mon Tim, we know you can afford a Summit at least.

Tim Pawlenty now works as a lobbyist for America's biggest banks. But that doesn't mean he's too high and mighty to drink cheap bear at the hockey game.

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Pawlenty -- like many others in the State of Hockey, especially service industry workers near the Xcel Center -- is geeked about tomorrow night's Wild home opener. We are too, but if you're still bitter about the lockout and not totally jazzed to get your first look at what promises to be one of the most exciting teams in franchise history, check out this video countdown of blockbuster acquisition Zach Parise's top 10 goals, then come back and read the rest of this.

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Pawlenty is a man of his convictions... until it pays to ditch them.

Tim Pawlenty is now a professional lobbyist for the one percent. It's a strange gig for guy who last year said he "went to Wall Street and told them to get their snout out of the trough because they are some of the worst offenders when it comes to bailouts and carve-outs and special deals."

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A New York Times report digs through Pawlenty's past and uncovers recent statements he's made that fit uncomfortably with his new gig as a Washington-based big bank shill.

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T-Paw: Lobbying on behalf of the one percent since 2012.

Just over a year ago, T-Paw was a leading contender to be the GOP's 2012 presidential candidate. A couple of months ago, he looked like the frontrunner for VP. Neither of those gigs worked out, but it doesn't take long for a well-connected Republican to find lucrative, full-time work, does it?

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Last night, Barb Rehm, editor at large of American Banker, reported that Pawlenty will become the new head of the Financial Services Roundtable, a Washington lobbying group that advocates on behalf of the nation's top 100 financial institutions.


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Zimmern isn't letting T-Paw's dig slide.

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During his stand up routine dong gone wrong RNC speech on Wednesday, T-Paw took a shot at local chef turned big-time TV star Andrew Zimmern.

"But you know, President Obama isn't as bad as people say, he's actually worse," Pawlenty said during an attempt at humor. "The president takes more vacations than that guy on the Bizarre Foods show." Of course, Zimmern is the host of Bizarre Foods.

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The comedic stylings of T-Paw: "Barack Obama's failed us. But look, it's understandable. A lot of people fail at their first job!"

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Paul Ryan may have served up a pack of lies, but here's one thing we learned during last night's RNC speeches -- T-Paw is about as funny as stubbing your toe, and equally annoying.

During his festivity-opening speech, Pawlenty did his best stand-up comic impersonation, minus the laughs. For his effort, the Washington Post named him the top loser of the night.


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Smiling on the outside, thinking on the inside: "Shit! That was a stupid thing to say."

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Tim Pawlenty's recent appearance on Soledad O'Brien's CNN show provides a fascinating case study of a gaffe-conscious politician saying something dumb, then going into damage-control mode as quickly as possible.

T-Paw was verbally jousting with O'Brien about a new Mitt Romney that dishonestly alleges President Obama cut $716 billion from Medicare. As O'Brien points out, the Congressional Budget Office doesn't take the same view of the spending cut, characterizing it as a reduction in spending that doesn't affect benefits.
 

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Ellison likes politicians who aren't afraid to shoot straight about what they believe.

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We're pretty sure President Obama doesn't have to worry about who Rep. Keith Ellison will cast his ballot for this November, but that doesn't mean the first Muslim elected to Congress doesn't have opinions about GOP politics.

Over the weekend, Ellison, in all seriousness, said he "actually prefer[s]" Mitt Romney's ultimate VP choice, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, to another leading contender, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty.


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Is T-Paw's site being readied for a VP run?

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Tim Pawlenty's website is... coming soon?

Web browsers seeking the hottest T-Paw news from the official source reached a cryptic message yesterday. Rather than being greeted by the smiling mug of Minnesota's former governor, they received the following cryptic message: "Please come back later." Holy Mittens, could it be a sign of big announcements to come?


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Stephen Colbert is apparently T-Paw's biggest supporter. Who knew?

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Believe it or not, Stephen Colbert wants to see Tim Pawlenty as Mitt Romney's running mate, and following the advice of Fox News, he did what he could to make that happen. But as a result, we're no longer able to edit T-Paw's Wikipedia page.

On last night's show, Colbert was riffing on a Fox News segment pointing out that the day before she was named John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin's Wikipedia page was edited 68 times. "That's impressive, considering that once she was on the ticket, she didn't edit herself once," Colbert quipped.

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T-Paw enjoys Summit EPA, Grain Belt, and taking shots at Obama.

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-- Tim Pawlenty's vice presidential stock spikes on Intrade
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Last month, in a piece discussing Tim Pawlenty's vice presidential prospects, The Atlantic's Jill Lawrence wrote that one of T-Paw's virtues is his ability to promote himself "as a person who can comfortably drink a Miller High Life at a VFW with someone wearing a Carhartt jacket."

T-Paw must've taken Lawrence's praise to heart, because these days he's portraying himself as a man with beer on the brain.

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