Immediate special session called

Governor Pawlenty has called a special session immediately. To me, it's a pretty pointless move. Without a deal, the legislature can't do much anyway. This sounds like grandstanding to me.

Speaking of grandstanding, Pawlenty bashed the Senate for their budget deal, saying that they are just "repackaging" their budget plans. Although not mentioned in any stories as far as I can tell, he also said some things about the Senate Democrats pandering to special interest groups, and that's why they can't get a budget done. Gee, which special interest group was Pawlenty kowtowing to when he vetoed the bipartisan transportation bill? Had he not done so, that would have been one more issue taken care of.