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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Pawlenty Quits Republican Presidential Contest
By Julie Bolcer
TIM PAWLENTY 201101 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty abandoned his bid for the Republican
presidential nomination on Sunday after a disappointing third-place finish
in the Iowa straw poll despite spending heavily on the contest.
Pawlenty garnered 2,293 votes in the Ames contest, compared to 4,823 for his
home state rival Rep. Michele Bachmann, who won the straw poll dominated by
socially conservative Republican voters with 4,823 votes, only 200 more
than second-place finisher Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Pawlenty had spent a
considerable amount of time, resources and money in Iowa, making it all the
more challening for him to continue after the lackluster placement.
“Candidates who go all-in but fall well short in Ames typically find it
difficult to raise money, and without personal wealth to fall back on, Mr.
Pawlenty decided to cut his losses and bow out,” reports the Christian
Science Monitor. “In addition, the entry of Texas Gov. Rick Perry into the
race Saturday, combined with Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann’s victory in
the straw poll, has shifted the focus to their expected battle for the
hearts and minds of conservatives.”
Pawlenty initially refused to sign a pledge against marriage equality from
the National Organization for Marriage, but earlier this month, he reversed
course and signed the document. The pledge, also signed by Bachmann, Mitt
Romney and Rick Santorum, calls on candidates to make same-sex marriage a
litmus test for judicial nominations, allow a referendum on the marriage
equality law in the District of Columbia, uphold the Defense of Marriage Act
, and create a “presidential commission on religious liberty.” Pawlenty
did not sign a similar pledge from the Family Leader in Iowa, which garnered
signatures from Bachmann and Santorum.
Santorum positioned himself as the most aggressive fighter against marriage
equality in advance of the Iowa straw poll, even pledging to “come to the
states and fight” against laws like the kind passed by the New York
legislature in June. Despite his relatively small organization in Iowa, the
former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania finished fourth in the straw poll with
1,657 votes, enough for him to justify continuing his campaign, although
the momentum of Bachmann and the emergence of Perry would seem to pose
challenges in the competition for Christian conservative voters. | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 OBAMA不能连任，大家睡个8年吧，没戏了。
The pledge, also signed by Bachmann, Mitt
Romney and Rick Santorum, calls on candidates to make same-sex marriage a
litmus test for judicial nominations, allow a referendum on the marriage
equality law in the District of Columbia, uphold the Defense of Marriage Act
, and create a “presidential commission on religious liberty |
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