T-Paw is done

[Keystone Phil]

It's a shame. I really liked the guy and have a friend that is...well, I guess "was"...a director for him in one of the early states.

[Thomas D]

Shame to see him go. He was one of the sane ones.

[Oakvale]

Seconding what some have already said, while he was one of the blandest Presidential candidates in recent memory, had he won the White House I wouldn't have been worried about him turning into Martin Sheen from The Dead Zone like I would with Perry, Bachmann et al, so that's something.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Beautiful.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Just like him - Yawnable

[Lief 🗽]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[You kip if you want to...]

Any bets on if/who he'll endorse? Romney, surely...

[Heimdal]

I liked Pawlenty initially. He seemed open to new ideas and policies, and it didn''t hurt that he had served as governor of a blue state.
But as he was gearing up to run it appeared like he wanted to repeat all the mistakes from Romneys 2008 campaign. I still remember that interview where he couldn't answer yes or no to whether or not he welcomed moderates like Olympa Snow in the GOP.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I won't say I expected this. Pawlenty placed a respectable third. I would have expected Gingrich or Cain to have dropped out first.

Unlike, Gingrich, Cain, Johnson, etc., Pawlenty has run an "establishment"-type campaign, in which his goal was to actually win.  Candidates like Gingrich and Cain don't really expect to win.  They're running either to promote their issues or promote themselves.  They'll stay in way past the point at which it's obvious that they're going nowhere.

With Pawlenty, the entire point of his candidacy was that he had a chance of winning, so once it became crystal clear that that was never going to happen, there was no point in continuing.

I see. I could tell what Gingrich is promoting, but Cain?

Cain's probably promoting Godfather's Pizza, still and using an elaborate stage to do so.

Seriously, though, I don't see what he's promoting.

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

as I said many times: TPaw always had ZERO chance

[Phony Moderate]

And the media thought this guy actually had a chance.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

as I said many times: TPaw always had ZERO chance

I think we've all said that, friend.......was there any tpaw supporters here?

[Cincinnatus]

as I said many times: TPaw always had ZERO chance

I think we've all said that, friend.......was there any tpaw supporters here?

I have yet to see anyone post in favor of his candidacy

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I can't wait to read the City Pages' write-up on this.

as I said many times: TPaw always had ZERO chance

I think we've all said that, friend.......was there any tpaw supporters here?

Pawlenty for President!

[Lief 🗽]

more like LOLlenty, amirite

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I think Phil was being sarcastic, brtd

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Looks like Pawlenty finally understood we knew from the beginning (that he has zero chance), and just used Ames as an excuse to quit.

[J. J.]

There was a huge amount of buzz on him as the VP nominee in 2008 (not from me, however).

[NVGonzalez]

I will miss the constant lulz we had on his 2's and 1's

[Lupo]

Looks like Pawlenty finally understood we knew from the beginning (that he has zero chance), and just used Ames as an excuse to quit.

Speak for yourself.  I thought he had an excellent chance.  I expected him and Romney to be the last two standing. 

If not for Bachmann and Perry, I imagine he'd still be in the race right now.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Pawlenty made Brownback look like a charismatic and exciting candidate.

[Angel of Death]

That's what you get for trying to out-Romney Romney.

[Lupo]

That's what you get for trying to out-Romney Romney.

How do you mean?

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

What a sore loser.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I am surprised he quit.  He did respectably enough and came in first in the straw poll of the "establishment" candidates.  Only thing that makes sense is that some of major fundraisers must have set an Ames threshold for him to exceed to continue bothering and he didn't clear it.

I'd think most of his support goes to Perry for now.  As the new kid on the block, Perry is the candidate that it would make sense for the backstreet fundraisers to be insistent that T-Paw shut hs operation down.