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Cigarette fees but take a look at the record it was trance for maigsal in reducing spending and taxes and performance pay for teachers and believing in exyampems in the country. and more kris let me pick up on that. the fact is that you, and i've looked at your record you were a budget boss. reducing annual increase in spending from 21% to 2% a year issuing 299 vetoes but... as you left office this year, your successor faced a $6 billion deficit a third more than you inherited. >> 48 or 49 of the 50 states have an upcoming deficit this, is not unique to minnesota. and two that project forward ...

And so i don't buy the notion the premise beneath that, that spending should or can go up, 27%. >> chris: but what does it say about -- that you were, went all out to cut spending and issued the vetoes and the deficit -- i mean, you can talk about projections, but, certainly has not gone down and may go up. >> what it does say is in minnesota and men other states you have to have a budgeting process that doesn't have spending on auto pilot. so that is why we have the deficit in our state and there's a bunch of spending that is on auto pilot, and that auto pilot feature has to be shut off and t...

Pack increase on cigarette fees, but, you look at my record overall, and it was transformational in terms of reducing spending and taxes and performance pay for teachers and not just talking about the other cuts, for example and pension reform but doing it and the leading example in the country, on reforming public employee pensions and much more. >> chris: let me pick up on that, because the fact is you -- i have looked at your record and you were a budget hawk as governor, you reduced the annual increase in spending from 21% a year, to 2% a year, you issued 299 vetoes, but, as you left offic...

This one is connected to the white house. and it's still -- they don't call. you call right now. you call your local representative. you call your state house. you go put your butt in front of the governor's mansion if you have to. and you tell them don't ask, remember, they work for you. tell them in polite indoor tones that they must not take this money. why? the bill mandates that federal funds must supplement not replace state spending on education. each state next to the spending on education percentage of state revenue must be equal or greater than this year's level. gee, dummies, let's ...

Sense in our state houses. we need strong governors who will fight what the federal government will want to do to our states that overreach. and to rein in state spending. governors who aren't going to think they have tok politically correct to get along with those in d.c. who are doing things that are not in your best interest. these governors are going to have to be ready to rein in state spending and incentivize job growth. >> what's your take on the palin effect between now and november? >> certainly she helped karen handle by getting involved in that race. think what you will about sarah ...