Pawlenty headed to Missouri and Nevada this weekend
Governor Pawlenty is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Missouri Republican Party's Lincoln Days Dinner in St. Charles, Missouri tonight. On Saturday night, he'll be in Las Vegas speaking to the Clark County Lincoln Day Dinner.
Pawlenty's weekend travel means he'll have visited at least 21 different states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and six different countries since he announced in June that he wasn't seeking a third term as governor.
Pawlenty has not ruled out a run for president and appears to be preparing for a White House run. He has formed a federal political action committee and is appearing at conservative events across the country.
Democrats in Minnesota say Pawlenty should be focused on the job he was elected to do and focus on fixing the state's budget problems.
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