Tim Pawlenty has been hitting the news circuit telling folks he is running against Obama in 2012. He just hired on Nick Ayers as a campaign manager and is getting set to go.
Here’s more from a MSNBC report;
And here is an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan where Pawlenty says, “I’m not putting my hat in the ring rhetorically or ultimately for Vice President. I’m focused on running for President.” He also discuses deficits, the economic crisis, the debt ceiling, and the possibility of having Donald Trump as an opponent in this interview.