Pawlenty does not talk about session

Minnesotans have not had much of a chance to hear from Gov. Tim Pawlenty about the legislative session that begins at noon Thursday.

Other than a late-Wednesday morning public radio appearance, the Republican governor and apparent presidential hopeful has not met with reporters like he has every other year.

Instead, some reporters have quoted Deputy Chief of Staff Brian McClung, although many reporters say it is the governor, who makes the decisions, or nobody.

A few weeks ago, McClung said Pawlenty would meet with reporters, but now he says Pawlenty is too busy working on the budget and other issues to sit down and talk about the session.

Posted by: Don Davis on 2/02/2010 at 6:13 PM | Permalink

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