T-Paw: Minn. Govt. Shutdown Could Be Good Thing

Politico reports:

In a press conference just hours before the shutdown to defend his record as Minnesota governor, Tim Pawlenty said that he wished the 2005 government shutdown he presided over would have lasted longer, and that the paralysis underway now in the state could be a good thing.

“I think it was nine days (of shutdown) at that time, and I think we could have gotten a better deal if we had allowed that to continue for a while and the people of Minnesota would have seen the issues play out a little longer,” the Republican presidential hopeful said Thursday night at a press conference at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport.

Pawlenty - who ripped out-of-control spending in Washington and Minnesota - blamed Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton for the current crisis.