Former Minnesota Gov. and potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty suggested today that if he were president, he might just allow a government shut down, because it’s not really that big of a deal. “In Minnesota we survived it OK,” he said.In July 2005, the Minnesota government shut down after Pawlenty and state legislators couldn’t compromise on a budget. Pawlenty explained to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto: “In Minnesota, it’s a very liberal place. It leans pretty hard the other way. I had to draw lines in the sand and I had to back it up. It wasn’t always pretty but — we had shut downs.”
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