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Freedom First PAC

T-Paw in New Hampshire +
0:59 web video released March 15, 2011.

[Music] Pawlenty: So we need to stand up and say we are done with crony capitalism whether it's on the spending side or in the tax code, and the issue isn't, you know, we the lobbyists or we the special interests or we the crony capitalists, it's we the people who are going to stand up for the people. [applause]

Man: He's talking from the core set of beliefs, he obviously is sincere about, and he's not talking about poll-tested lines, he's not pursing anything, no cue cards, no teleprompter.  I think that authenticity is what's going to make the difference...

Woman: He says what the Tea Party people believe in.

Man: I think he does a great job; excellent ideas.

[Music changes tempo] Pawlenty: And as you know we have a system that's broken and we can have a great debate about how to best fix it, but one thing we know for sure, we're going to have to make some changes, we're going to have to innovate, and we're going to have to do things differently. [applause]

Notes: This video features clips from Pawlenty's March 10-11 visit to New Hampshire, including house party scenes, the pick up hockey game he played in Concord, and his appearance at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.  (According to Politico, the NH T-PAW license plate belongs to supporter George Chianis of Amherst).

Pawlenty's attack on crony capitalism builds on his call for throwing the federal tax code overboard, which he made to great applause at CPAC little more than a month ago.  Also present in the video is a Tea Party mention; Pawlenty has been wooing Tea Partiers recently, including his appearance at the Tea Party Patriots American Policy Summit in Phoenix, AZ on Feb. 26.