Pawlenty Hires Finance Director
MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) has hired a new top aide to help him raise big money, a source tells Hotline OnCall.
Pawlenty, who has begun exploring a Pres. bid for '12, has hired Brian Haley as his PAC's finance director.
Meg Whitman at Wester CPAC
Haley joins a stable of consultants and advisors Pawlenty has brought on board in recent months. In Oct., he picked up ex-RGA exec. dir. Phil Musser, ex-McCain manager Terry Nelson, ex-WH political affairs dir. Sara Taylor and ex-RNC press secretary Alex Conant, as well as a stable of new media consultants.
Michael Toner, the former FEC commissioner, is the PAC's chief counsel.
Pawlenty's Freedom First PAC has some catching up to do as he seeks to build goodwill around the country. Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has been a presence on the fundraising circuit since he ended his '08 bid, and his Free and Strong America PAC has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to GOP candidates.
But Pawlenty is ramping up his fundraising, holding a big-dollar event last night in Chicago, along with a smaller reception for Chicago young GOPers -- part of a strategy to reach out to younger GOP activists that included a get-to-know-you event at a DC brewery last month.
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