In a piece that turns logic on its head, the Wall Street Journal opines that Gov. Tim Pawlenty's political ambitions got a boost from the Minnesota Supreme Court's decision that his budget balancing was illegal.
It's been a bad week for Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Of course, it's also been a good week for Republican Presidential Contender Tim Pawlenty.
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This may not be bad news at all if you are—as Mr. Pawlenty is—a potential 2012 Republican presidential contender establishing your credentials as a fiscal conservative. Pawlenty partisans note that, in the long run, the Supreme Court ruling will stand as a graphic illustration that the governor has tried every means possible, and then some, to hold down spending as a way to attack the state's deficit problems.
Read the full piece, which also quotes Minnesota commentator Blois Olson about Pawlenty's lack of legacy, here.
