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Tom Scheck

Pawlenty: We don’t need no stinking brackets

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The Political Animal asked Gov. Pawlenty today about NPR's 2012 GOP bracket. He didn't know about it and then said he had more serious things to worry about. Here's the audio from the exchange:

Pawlenty was talking to reporters after he and some of the state's other constitutional officers worked to speed funding for flood aid.

Pawlenty also said he'll issue an election certificate in the U.S. Senate race when the law requires it but added that a federal judge could forbid him from issuing the certificate until the matter is settled in federal court. This isn't a change from the story I did last month.

Pawlenty also said he's meeting with DFL legislative leaders tomorrow to discuss the budget. He said, however, that he won't support a tax increase of any kind and didn't like the plans put forward by Democrats in the House and Senate.