Tim Pawlenty To Run For President?

According to Politico, Tim Pawlenty has his eyes set on the White House:

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been quietly assembling the blueprint of a presidential campaign and will announce Thursday the support of a group of high-level political strategists and donors, complemented by a handful of top new media consultants, POLITICO has learned.

Pawlenty, under the radar of D.C.’s political community, has locked up some of the key operatives who engineered then-President George W. Bush’s reelection campaign — a significant feat for a little-known Midwestern politician.

The moves underscore, and will lend credence to, the emerging belief among many establishment Republicans that Pawlenty is becoming the sole viable alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a potential Republican primary rival. The Minnesota governor has even gone so far as to contact some of Romney’s former supporters.

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My thoughts: It is waaaaaay too early, in my opinion, to be announcing a bid for the White House, by any Republican. We haven't even had the 2010 mid-term elections yet. I suppose it's wise for Tim Pawlenty to get ahead of the curve, financially and politically. But he needs to keep himself out of the main stream media as much as possible. It would be political suicide for him to start campaigning now. "Over saturation" comes to mind. The American public just got over the longest Presidential race in history, 10 months ago. For nearly two years we had to endure the endless rhetoric from Republican and Democrat hopefuls.

I haven't read up on Tim Pawlenty all that much, but know that he's a two-term Governor of Minnesota, and is Republican. He's a smart guy - but is he Conservative enough?

The best political strategy, as of right now, would be to let Barack Obama and the Dems implode all by themselves. Let them have center stage. Soon enough, Americans will get hungry for change. The President's poll numbers are continually dropping.

It's important for Republican opposition in Washington to publicly criticize Obama and his policies when it's called for, but hopefully, the GOP machine will hold the political cards close to its chest. For now anyways.

Obama has center stage - and the people voted for that "change." Let the President tie his own knot.