The first paragraph of an article in The New York Times for Tuesday (August 7, 2007)should serve as Tim Pawlenty's political obituary:
"In the past two years, Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota twice vetoed legislation to raise the state’s gas tax to pay for transportation needs."
In the second paragraph, The Times reports that Pawlenty, a Republican, is now "open" to the idea of a gas tax hike.
That's too late for the grieving families of the dead. BTW, Pawlenty described himself in his campaign literature as "solidly pro-life." Just not if it means raising taxes to protect the public.
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