Governor Pawlenty has announced his intention to end the Political Contribution Refund (PCR) program in just a few days. The PCR program is the funding mechanism that lets grassroots donors have as much say in politics as wealthy individuals and PACs. And Governor Pawlenty may be about to kill it.

The PCR program is a casualty of the Governor’s shortsighted unallotments -- but it isn’t the only casualty. The real victims are the tens of thousands of Minnesotans whom the Governor’s short-sighted actions will hurt.