Pawlenty has a busy speaking schedule this week.

Gov. Pawlenty has four speeches scheduled for the week in three different time zones.

He's scheduled to speak before the Minnesota Business Partnership on Tuesday night. He'll be speaking before the organization's annual dinner in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Business Partnership, is represented by "more than 110 chief executives from Minnesota's largest employers."

Pawlenty is also scheduled to "privately" speak to the Republican Metropolitan Committee this evening. You can learn more about that group here.

The governor is also scheduled to speak before the Republican Jewish Coalition this week and Western Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.

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