ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ― Gov. Tim Pawlenty insists he has no firm plans once he leaves office. He may be giving late-night comedy a try.

On the day the Legislature started its 2010 session, Pawlenty addressed hundreds at the annual Minnesota Chamber of Commerce dinner in a speech laced with sharp-tongued rips.

He compared his fight against growing budgets with the now-famous car crash days before affairs of golfer Tiger Woods became public.

Pawlenty said: "It's just like Tiger Woods' wife. We should take a nine-iron to the back windshield of big government spending and smash it out."

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