WHAT DO PAWLENTY AND BACHMANN HAVE TO INDICATE COMPETENCE FOR THE PRESIDENCY?

Tim Pawlenty's governance of Minnesota was thrust under a microscope as the government of Minnesota has just been shut down.  The move throws, as one minor example of the catastrophic results to residents of the state, 23,000 state workers out of jobs.  Even with the Democrat currently as governor, the state is in the control now o9f a decided Republican majority in both houses.  They seem to be totally without heart about the citizens who voted them in.

Taken from an article in The Wall Street Journal by Patrick O'Connor and Neil King, Jr.:
"Mr. Pawlenty presided over the state's last government shutdown in 2005. He frequently highlights that impasse on the campaign trail as evidence of his dedication to cutting spending. The former governor eventually resolved that fight partly by offering to raise a fee on cigarette sales, a measure he still declines to refer to as a tax."  To read the entire article, click here. 

While Mr. Pawlenty doesn't believe it will impact on his bid for Presidency, it shocks me how ridiculously low the Republican candidates hold preparedness and competence for the Office of US Presidency and its complex problems.

The Minnesota shutdown puts Bachmann also in the limelight.  ABC News in an article by Matthew Jaffe writes:  "The other candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, solidified her standing as Tea Party darling when earlier this year she urged Republicans in Congress not to fear a federal government shutdown -- or "slowdown," as she called it -- in their own funding fight in Washington."   Click here for the whole article.  I, for one, would never vote for either of them who reflect a total disconnect with the way their actions impact their constituencies.

May the 'Force Be With Us' because, clearly, trust in God isn't working!