Tim Pawlenty Part II: The Presidential Announcement

Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty is in. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is out. The latest Pawlenty video is a lot less ominous than his previous one, but a better video won’t win him the White House. Another announcement, yet the race for President on the GOP side is still a muddled.

Pawlenty’s message is “boldness” rather than “vanilla,” but there’s still the question of whether voters will be energized by him or his message. His hometown paper but his candidacy announcement on