T-Paw is done

[they don't love you like i love you]

Unsurprisingly this is getting a lot of mockery from the local media and on local forums, especially as Pawlenty basically based his last two years in office as just on running for President.

I agree it was an odd decision though, dropping out but not Gingrich? Pawlenty might go somewhere if Perry's campaign ends up landing with a thud and he becomes Fred Thompson 2.0. Not a prediction, but Pawlenty wasn't necessarily in worse shape than McCain four years ago. And his odds of getting the lower half of the ticket certainly were better if he had stayed in.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

What did Pawlenty bring to the table that Santorum didn't? I never understood why Pawlenty was treated as a super-serious candidate and Santorum a complete joke.

T-Paw isn't anti-gay to a radical degree and doesn't have his last name as a dirty word.

And positions on gay rights have been a major issue in this campaign since when, exactly?

It hasn't, but Rick's position on them is part of the reason he's concidered a joke.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

as I said many times: TPaw always had ZERO chance

I think we've all said that, friend

Look, dude friend, you quote who you want to quote, and I'll continue to quote myself.  Got it?!