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AM.MN: Pawlenty’s Southern strategy: cooking ‘Swamp Thang’

By Chris Steller | 11.30.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoGov. Pawlenty’s enthusiasm for cooking “Swamp Thang” a la Washington, D.C., restaurateur B. Smith made both C.J. and (appropriately) Hot Dish Politics in Sunday’s Star Tribune. But it’ll be tough to outdo Mike Huckabee, who set…

AM.MN: He might micromanage, but Prez T-Paw’d give a hilarious malaise speech

By Chris Steller | 09.11.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoWere he elected president, Gov. Pawlenty would micromanage just like Jimmy Carter did, says Republican state Rep. Jim Abeler. That prediction is based on Abeler’s observation of Pawlenty laboriously tweaking inconsequential text in legislation. The question voters…