Pawlenty’s PAC speech

About 300 people attended last night's kickoff fundraiser for Governor Pawlenty's national political action committee. The guests got to listen to speeches by Pawlenty, former Congressman Vin Weber and actors Jon Voight and John Ratzenberger. Pawlenty told the audience that he's launching his Freedom First PAC to build on Tuesday night's victories in New Jersey and Virginia

"We have a great country that's built on tremendous values and principles, but we're adrift and we need to launch this comeback and we know that if we have individuals in leadership positions who don't appreciate that when you expand government, you crowd out other activities and then you begin to stifle some important elements of the American economy and the American spirit."

You can listen to Pawlenty's entire speech to donors here:

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