Pawlenty gets standing ovation…
Addressing his final state Republican convention as governor, Tim Pawlenty talked about reducing the scope and cost of government today (FRI). Pawlenty also took a shot at Democrats who last week endorsed Margaret Anderson Kelliher as their gubernatorial candidate at the state DFL convention in Duluth.
Pawlenty got a round of applause from Republican delegates gathered in Minneapolis when he talked about single-payer health care and the DFL gubernatorial endorsement.
"The candidate who dropped out, a couple of the prominent candidates said the reason that they threw their support behind the ultimate endorseed candidates was because she wanted to go further than Obama care and have the government adopt a single payer health care system and take over the entire health care system in Minnesota."
Republicans are set to endorse a candidate for governor at their convention today. The leading candidates are state Representatives Tom Emmer and Marty Seifert.
Here's Pawlenty's speech:
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