Tim Pawlenty: Freedom First

    Today a number of Red State contributors took the opportunity to participate in a conference call with Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. A number of other bloggers did too, and if you’re interested in the assessments of other smart people, I encourage you to read Brad Jackson, Jim Geraghty, Ed Morrissey, Jim Antle, Marc Ambinder, and Chip Hanlon. I’ll salute Pawlenty for one thing: we at | Read More »

    Pawlenty Tries Tax Cuts

    Faced with a slow economy and a large deficit, Democrats in Washington are going to try to solve the problem by adding more than $1 trillion to the national debt. Many governors are faced with similar challenges, and some at least, are trying a different approach. One noteworthy example is Minnesota’s Tim Pawlenty: In his State of the State Address to a joint body of | Read More »