Pawlenty trails Romney, Palin, Huckabee and Gingrich in national poll

Rasmussen Reports released a national poll of Republican voters today and it found that former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has some work to do if he decides to make a run for the White House in 2012. The poll found that 24% of those surveyed favor Mitt Romney in the race for the White House. Sarah Palin is second with 19%. Mike Huckabee has 17% and Newt Gingrich has 11%. Pawlenty comes in fifth with 6%.

Note: GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann was not included in this poll.

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