Pawlenty to announce exploratory committee today via Facebook

[The Straight Story]

Pawlenty to announce exploratory committee today via Facebook

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will announce that he has formed an exploratory committee to consider running for president in 2012, a senior adviser confirmed to NBC News.

Pawlenty will make the announcement today at 3:00 pm ET on Facebook. The message will be accessible to Facebook users who “like” the former Minnesota governor’s page on the social networking website.

If he decides to officially jump in the race for president, which is very likely, he will do so at a later date -- with more fanfare.

The decision has been mulled for weeks by the Pawlenty camp, and they were acutely aware of an uneven rollout by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who announced in a much-covered event earler this month that he's weighing support for a campaign but did not launch a formal exploratory committee.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/21/6312422-pawlenty-to-announce-exploratory-committee-today-via-facebook-

[jpgray]

1. His faux Southern accent and jokes about his wife not having sex with him cry for a wider audience

:eyes:

Seriously, how weak is the GOP stable?

[Angry Dragon]

2. They are all afraid to declare

No one wants to be the first...........

In the Regressive Party the old adage is true, the scum rises to the top

[Brickbat]

3. "With more fanfare" -- BWAA!

It's talking about his personal video trailer, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfkNEq1XioE

[emulatorloo]

4. A twitter post, maybe? n/t