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Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty issued a statement today that took dead aim at the Independence Party's Tom Horner but it may have more to do with Republican Tom Emmer's support among the GOP base.

1) Pawlenty has vocally supported Emmer's candidacy since Emmer received the endorsement in May.

2) Pawlenty has raised money for Emmer's campaign.

 has showed that Horner is eating into Emmer's base.

Why send out a statement like this unless there's concern that some Republicans are indicating that they won't back Emmer.

Here's the statement from Pawlenty (followed by a statement from Horner's campaign):

Here's a statement from Horner spokesman Matt Lewis:

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Pawlenty sends a statement bashing Horner (but it has more to say about Emmer).

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