Photo: #Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty arrives at a campaign stop at the Dubuque Golf and Country Club in Dubuque, Iowa, Saturday July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
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Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty arrives at a campaign stop at the Dubuque Golf and Country Club in Dubuque, Iowa, Saturday July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Pope) (AP Photo/Steve Pope)

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The politics of the pardon

Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/06/2010, 10:45 a.m.

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Experts question the future of Governor Pawlenty's political ambitions amid news that the man he pardoned in 2008 was sexually assaulting another girl. Meanwhile President Obama just issued 9 pardons, the first of his presidency, as he was approaching a record drought for pardons from the Oval Office. Midmorning examines clemency at the state and federal level.

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