So the CO-CHAIR of Romney's Campaign QUITS 6 Weeks Before the Election to Become a Bank Lobbyist??!!

[bigtree]

. . . OMFG!


daveweigel ?@daveweigel
RT @fsroundtable: Former Governor Tim Pawlenty Named CEO of The Financial Services Roundtable


David Leonhardt ?@DLeonhardt
The man who called for "Sam's Club Republicanism" has just become Wall Street's top lobbyist.


Ezra Klein ?@ezraklein
Romney's national co-chair is stepping down to be the head lobbyist for the financial services industry. He couldn't have waited six weeks?


Ezra Klein ?@ezraklein
So in a Romney admin, Wall Street's top lobbyist would be a guy Romney named co-chair of his campaign and liked enough to almost name veep


Max Abelson ?@maxabelson
"I went to Wall Street and told them to get their snout out of the trough" - Tim Pawlenty, new bank lobbyist, last year

watch:

[1GirlieGirl]

1. Rats instinctively abandon a sinking ship.

[adigal]

2. Isn't irony great?? Maybe he's pisses at Romney

for not naming him VP, and this is his revenge??

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Tim Pawlenty is second only to Mitt Romney

in his unbridled opportunism. Seeing S.S. Romney taking on water, he's jumped ship so he could go on to bigger, better things - a juicier host, you might say. And Tim was never one to let suggestions of hypocrisy stand in his way.

[geardaddy]

17. Spot on.

Timmy the Tool is the biggest leech out there.

[JoePhilly]

4. Man the life boats!!!

[KansDem]

5. His last piece of advice before exiting...

[global1]

6. Does Anybody See Something Else Going On Here.....

Ezra Klein ?tweets - So in a Romney admin, Wall Street's top lobbyist would be a guy Romney named co-chair of his campaign and liked enough to almost name veep

Is Rmoney so confident he's going to win that he is letting Pawlenty take over the top bank lobbying job so as to get the ducks in a row to loot the American People? Or am I being too tin-foily.

[KurtNYC]

7. my take is Pawlenty was already aligned with the banking lobby

they want to have as much influence as they can in the next administration but with Romney's chances fading they are moving some resources into just plain old lobbying. eg. they, including Pawlenty, are hedging or giving up on a Romney admin.

[1GirlieGirl]

8. I thought the same thing for a moment

But I believe this is just another self-serving repub move. Surely he could have waited 6 weeks before accepting this job. If he truly meant no harm to his old pal Mitt, he wouldn't contribute thusly to the demise of what's left of the campaign.

[ananda]

18. I'm wearin that hat too!

[mojo2012]

9. Wasn't Pawlenty helping Romney

prepare for the debates playing Obama?

[abumbyanyothername]

11. Rob Portman

was given the role of playing Obama in the dress rehearsals.

If that's what you mean.

[mojo2012]

15. ahhhh....

Thanks!

[ProSense]

10. Romney Co-Chair Abandons Campaign, Will Head Group Lobbying Against Wall Street Reform

Romney Co-Chair Abandons Campaign, Will Head Group Lobbying Against Wall Street Reform
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/09/20/879191/tim-pawlenty-bank-lobbyist/

[bigtree]

12. thanks for the link, ProSense!

surreal.

[JBoy]

13. The USGS explains this behavior:

The earliest reference we have to unusual animal behavior prior to a significant earthquake is from Greece in 373 BC. Rats, weasels, snakes, and centipedes reportedly left their homes and headed for safety several days before a destructive earthquake. Anecdotal evidence abounds of animals, fish, birds, reptiles, and insects exhibiting strange behavior anywhere from weeks to seconds before an earthquake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/animal_eqs.php

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Rats, weasels, snakes, centipedes and Tim Pawlenty.

Birds of a feather.

[lonestarnot]

19. Bank lobbyist.

[Coyotl]

14. Sinking Ship Rule Number One: Get on a lifeboat and get outta there.

They so know Mitt is toast