You remember Tim Pawlenty, almost named the GOP Vice Presidential nominee by John McCain in 2008, ended his tenure as Governor of Minnesota in 2010. Right?
He was supposed to be one of the serious contenders to run against Barack Obama next year. But he's doing nothing in the national polls as of mid-summer of 2011. There's still time for him to make a serious run – but much depends on how well he does in the Iowa caucuses coming up in three weeks, where he trails fellow Minnesotan Michelle Bachmann.
On Sunday, T-Paw was a guest on CNN's State of The Union, where he made some headlines by blasting the President for being "chicken" on dealing with the debt ceiling crises, or just being a strong leader, period, as he told Candy Crowley:
This article appears in Jul 21-27, 2011.