Speed Gibson

I really don't want to keep score. I truly feel sorry for you water carriers out there that have worked so hard for Governor Pawlenty and the Republican Party. But the guy just can't shut up:

Nearly all high school students in the top fourth of their graduating class would get free tuition at any state college or university, under a plan proposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday.

An estimated 15,000 students would get two years free at the University of Minnesota or Minnesota State Colleges and Universities as early as fall 2007 and could continue the free ride through their final two years if they majored in science, technology, engineering or math.

Families making as much as $150,000 in adjusted gross income would be eligible -- about 93 percent of the state's households.

(Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune)