Almanac: At the Capitol

Looking back at the week, I'm not sure which Tim Pawlenty to believe. On Tuesday, after being overidden for the first time he had a press conference where he was visibly angry and annoyed. It was a rare display. Most reporters think he had to put on some of the anger to please the conservatives who questioned how hard he worked to stop the override. Then there's yesterday's press conference where he was good 'ol TPaw, joking, sarcastic, easy-going — and that was minutes after his transportation commissioner was fired. Maybe it was anti-climatic. Maybe he wasn't all that sad to see her go. Maybe he's worried about his nice guy image in the vice presidential race. Maybe we are all just tired. It really was the busiest week in the decade I've been covering Capitol politics. Minnesota Monitor has an interesting round up of the VP Pawlenty developments this week.