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Plategate update: Legislators criticize Pawlenty’s office funding scheme

By Andy Birkey | 03.19.10 | 11:51 am

pawlenty podiumRepresentatives from Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s administration defended the governor’s decision to pay his faith-based office coordinator out of a license plate fund for veterans during a legislative hearing on the issue on Thursday. But legislators criticized Pawlenty’s…

Coleman’s future rosy, says RNC chair, as Politico chews over his financial past

By Chris Steller | 02.05.09 | 2:18 pm

coleman-steeleNew Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele sees rosy prospects for a re-elected Norm Coleman in a statement the RNC released today. But Coleman’s past haunts him when it comes to money matters, says Politico in an…