Après Gingrich, Pawlenty: How Pawlenty's life story prepared him for possible White House run

Très bon topo sur Pawlenty, l'ancien gouberneur du Minnesota qui se lance dans la course pour l'investiture républicaine. J'ai déjà mentionné son nom sur ce blogue et présenté sa biographie.

Le lien pour l'article sur le site de CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/21/tim.pawlenty/index.html

Tim Pawlenty, a Minnesota native, has a compelling life story, an indirect path to the political spotlight.
His mom died of ovarian cancer when he was 16. His dad, acting as a single parent, lost his job as a truck driver for a while. To help put himself through college and then later law school, the young Pawlenty worked for several years in the produce section at a grocery store.
"I'm the only one in my family who was able to go to college, not because my brothers and sisters didn't have the capacity or the ability. They really didn't have the opportunity," Pawlenty, 50, said in a January speech kicking off the release of his book "Courage To Stand: An American Story."
After law school, he was elected in 1992 to the Minnesota State House and eventually became majority leader. In 2002, he won the first of his two terms as governor.
During his tenure Pawlenty, a Republican, described himself as a fiscal conservative.