Pawlenty’s whirlwind tour
AP takes a look at who Gov. Pawlenty has been talking with during his visit to Washington D.C. Meanwhile, The Fix ranks Gov. Pawlenty #7 in its Top GOP leaders:
7. Tim Pawlenty: Pawlenty's decision not to run for a third term allows him the freedom and the time he will need to raise his national profile and roll out a series of big ideas designed to position himself as the populist voice in the 2012 field. (Pawlenty makes the Line rather than Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, another prominent populist, because of Daniels' repeated pledges to never run for another office.) Pawlenty is already getting after it -- doing a series of media interviews with national outlets and headlining a College Republican convention in D.C. tonight. And, we hear Pawlenty will be at an informal happy hour with lots of uncommitted GOP operatives tonight as well. (Previous ranking: N/A)
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