Tim Pawlenty:
In the third year of Barack Obama's presidency, unemployment is at unbearable levels, gas and food prices are skyrocketing and federal government spending is out of control. "ObamaCare" is unconstitutional, and it is already driving up health costs — not reducing them.
The president's policies simply aren't working. And more than that, he won't even tell us the truth about the problems we're facing and what it's really going to take to get America back on the right track.
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As a candidate for president, it would be easy for me to just tell the American people we can solve our debt crisis and fix our economy without making any tough choices. But we have now seen where that type of leadership gets us.
Leadership isn't about fancy speeches and empty promises. It's not about telling people just what they want to hear. It's about telling the truth. Like too many Washington politicians, President Obama governs with an eye toward the next election, at the expense of the next generation. He would rather pretend there is no crisis and attack those who are willing to stand up and try to solve it rather than risk doing anything about it himself.
In Washington, they call that "smart politics." But I'm not from Washington.
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There is much more about Pawlenty's record. I think he makes a strong case for his candidacy. He also makes it clear that Obama will have a very tough time beating him or any other Republican candidate. Now that we are hearing the GOP side of the debate, those who think Obama has a easy election will have to reconsider. The issues that plagued Democrats in 2010 will also be a problem for them in 2012.
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