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Pawlenty's performance ratings rise since re-election

MPR Poll: High approval marks for Pawlenty, but most wish he'd raise taxes on the rich

MPR Poll: Methodology and data (Taxes and Gov. Pawlenty's performance)

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Mike Mulcahy

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A Minnesota Public Radio poll shows broad support for DFL proposals to raise taxes on high-income Minnesotans to pay for property tax relief or education spending. Gov. Tim Pawlenty opposes those ideas, but the same poll also indicates the majority of Minnesotans give the governor high approval marks.

William Colby admits it won't be an easy talk to have, but he says we need to have it. If we're incapacitated, if we're brain-dead, if we'll never again regain consciousness, and can't communicate our wishes to our doctors, what do we want them to do?

Why would voters support Pawlenty, but not his tax policy?

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