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Following Tim Pawlenty's speech at the University of Chicago this morning, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein delivered a scathing analysis of the former Minnesota governor's plan for our economy.

Today, in his first major economic speech as a presidential candidate, Tim Pawlenty laid out his vision for the country's economy. He proposes cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans and slashing the tax rate for corporations from 35 percent to 15 percent—a move that would explode the national deficit and hurt America's seniors and working families most of all.

"It’s clear that if Governor Pawlenty were elected president he would embrace far-right Republican policies, piling additional burdens on America’s seniors, young people, and working families in order to provide additional benefits to big oil and the wealthiest few."

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced his candidacy yesterday for president with the promise to tell the “truth.” Ironically, Mr. Pawlenty’s promise didn’t even make it beyond his announcement itself.

Today, Tim Pawlenty again announced that he's running for President – a fact that he's made pretty clear over the past two years. But telling the country why he's running for President seems to be a different matter.