Pawlenty: Obama Should Apologize in Speech

Tim Pawlenty, former Minnesota governor and likely Republican presidential candidate, says President Barack Obama should apologize in his State of the Union address for pulling the country down a liberal path over the past two years, according to Politico.

Here’s how Obama might word it, Pawlenty tells Politico: “I realize that I overreached. ... I’m sorry, and now I’m going to work ... to take the country and the Congress in a different direction that is more mainstream.”

Pawlenty lists his beefs with Obama: “I disagreed with him on the stimulus bill; I disagreed with him on the bailouts ... I disagree with him on how he protects unions and public employee union organizations at the expense of taxpayers. ... I disagree with him ... as it relates to the missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland. ... I disagree with him on healthcare.”