[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: The Big Plan

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
The Big Plan
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1240542771.shtml


   The Minnesota House just passed their K-12 bill that holds spending
   flat, courtesy of a hefty tax increase of course. Last I saw, the
   Minnesota Senate was proposed a small cut, somewhere in the 3-7
   percent range, and again with a tax increase.
   Am I looking at this right? After squandering much time trying to
   portray Prime Minister Pawlenty as the bad guy, without success as
   usual, Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller has a new plan. Pass
   the bills on the way out the door, daring, double dog daring Pawlenty
   to veto them. The House and Senate are ostensibly not in agreement,
   so, according to the script, they will compromise! They will play that
   up, and carp that the Governor wasn't more involved in that "final"
   compromise.
   For K-12, that compromise will be flat spending, portrayed as a
   victory over Pogemiller plan, who will be gracious in his pre-arranged
   defeat, saying he had to compromise so Pawlenty must also.
   This might fool a Tattaglia, maybe even a Sturdevant but it's not
   going to fool a Pawlenty. Larry Pogemiller's political dancing is
   about as elegant as Lawrence "LT" (Lawn Tractor) Taylor was on Dancing
   With the Stars.
   That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. Meanwhile, get ready for the
   Special Session(s).