Originally Posted by Guest

The story printed in the Star tribune about Pawlenty becoming governor went something like this. Coleman, originally a democrat was Mayor of Saint Paul. He changed party's and became a republican along the way.

Pawlenty wanted to run for the Senate. Dick Cheney,VP made a phone call to Pawlenty and told him that he would not run for the Senate because Coleman had that spot but Pawlenty could run for governor.

Mark Dayton of the fame Dayton Department Stores, Marshall Fields which they eventually spun off but retained Target became a senator and failed and so the people of Minnesota elected him governor and as a result Minnesota moved to the 6th highest tax state in the nation.

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