Pawlenty Steps Down From Romney Campaign

[SunsetDreams]

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will join the Washington-based Financial Services Roundtable as its new president and CEO, the bank lobbying firm announced Thursday. Pawlenty will step down as national co-chair of the Romney campaign, according to CNN.

The Financial Services Roundtable lobbies on behalf of large banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions. Pawlenty will begin his role on November 1, 2012.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/pawlenty-steps-down-from-romney-campaign-to-join


He was last seen wearing a life vest.

[Rambis]

1. Rats wear life vests? Hmmmmm

[SunsetDreams]

5. yes they are made in Rattonia nt

[BlueToTheBone]

2. Tim Pawlenty is off to stick his nose

in the trough.

[JenniferJuniper]

3. A life vest and a shawl around his head hoping

to blend in with the women and children.

[lastlib]

4. "Step down"? Or "Jump"???

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Timmy the Tool was never one to go down with the ship.

With all that water sloshing over the gunwales of S.S. Romney, Timmy was getting his tassel loafers damp and evidently decided now would be a good time to find some dry, lucrative land and a new host to parasitize. Obviously the sweet federal government sinecure he was hoping for was sinking rapidly, too; but his metamorphosis into a lobbyist will enable him to sink his mouthparts into the soft flesh of the body politic and suck it dry on behalf of the banksters.

[liberal N proud]

7. Man the lifeboats

[SDjack]

8. I awoke today not feeling well. This makes me smile. nt

[NC_Nurse]

9. He is such a douchebag. Of course he is becoming a banking lobbyist.

Ugh.

[Blue Owl]

10. Romney's got Pawlenty o' nothin

n/t

[skip fox]

11. I think he likely lost the power struggle with the other co-chair.

[arcane1]

12. Those poor large banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions

with no representation in Washington DC. Finally, someone comes along to defend them!