[Speed Gibson,
Tuesday April 24, 2007 at 9:18pm]
Pawlenty still likes to spend
Our Prime Minister won't veto everything. On Almanac, he clearly signaled he would sign a smaller Mall of America expansion. The Smoking Ban has more to fear from House Rep. Tom Rukavina than Gov. Pawlenty. Bonding? Why not?
I'd sure like to believe that Tim Pawlenty will actually veto all those pucks headed his way. But his utter collapse in 2005 is too fresh in my memory, and apparently in the DFL's, too.
The most hopeful sign is that the DFL itself seems to be pulling back just a little. Maybe they'll wind up only proposing $4.5 billion instead of $5 billion in new taxes.
I also think Pawlenty may just have learned something from 2005 and from Sue Jeffer's challenge. All that compromise, all that spending got him absolutely nothing. Only Hatch's E85 meltdown saved him, and just barely.
Will the Pawlenty of 2003 rise from the dead? I'm crossing my fingers.
I'd sure like to believe that Tim Pawlenty will actually veto all those pucks headed his way. But his utter collapse in 2005 is too fresh in my memory, and apparently in the DFL's, too.
The most hopeful sign is that the DFL itself seems to be pulling back just a little. Maybe they'll wind up only proposing $4.5 billion instead of $5 billion in new taxes.
I also think Pawlenty may just have learned something from 2005 and from Sue Jeffer's challenge. All that compromise, all that spending got him absolutely nothing. Only Hatch's E85 meltdown saved him, and just barely.
Will the Pawlenty of 2003 rise from the dead? I'm crossing my fingers.