The Associated Press wrote a piece today positing that the Tea Party has pushed potential 2012 Republican candidates to the right.
The first example? "Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty, for instance, gained a reputation as a pragmatic governor of a Democratic-leaning state. But now conservatives are berating him for accepting federal stimulus funds that helped him close a budget gap."
Question: I've heard from Democrats berating him for the use of stimulus, but which conservatives have?
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