Pawlenty drops out of presidential race

[nmbluesky]

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty abandoned his bid for the GOP presidential nomination on Sunday after a disappointing finish in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa.
"We needed a boost from Ames that didn't happen," Pawlenty told staff on a conference call Sunday morning, CNN learned.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/08/14/pawlenty/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Renew Deal]

1. He will be missed

by someone. :hi:

[NightWatcher]

2. T-Paw, we hardly knew ya, seriously

[hobbit709]

3. don't let the doorknob hit ya.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Who? nt

[KittyWampus]

5. D'oh! I was betting on him. Bugger.

[Bosso 63]

6. It must be very humiliating for him,

at least I hope so.

[LiberalFighter]

7. That makes absolutely no sense.

Didn't he predict that he would come in third? If he had been really smart he would had said 4th and then looked better by coming in 3rd.

There were many others that had disappointing finishes in the Ames poll and they still managed to get the nomination. It must be more than that for him to decide to quit.

[gordianot]

8. He must have contracted Palin disease. n/t

[Yavin4]

9. Wow, Lawrence O'Donnell Missed That Prediction

Big time.

[DCBob]

10. too "normal" for the politically psychopathic RW..

and too boring for the mainstream GOPers.

[Honeycombe8]

11. He was probably waiting until the poll was over, planned beforehand to drop out. He polled

better than anyone thought he would, actually. Which says how poorly he's been doing since he got into the race.

Too bad. I was hoping he'd be the nominee. Easy to beat him.

[waking wisconsin]

12. WHO?

I guess he is just not crazy enough for the corporate media to follow or cover.

But Rick Perry jumping in the race has been a top story on the 'news' for days now.

[Zambero]

13. Not much traction for that "Minnesota Miracle"

C'est la vie. So next up, let's take a real close look at how the Perry-God team has interceded in Texas!

[KamaAina]

14. And a nation weeps.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

:sarcasm:

[yellowcanine]

15. What a wimp. The Iowa straw poll had what, 10,000 people participating?

And candidates can truck in people from all over, including from other states. It is a bogus poll.

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. See Ya!

:rofl: