Tim Pawlenty on not getting the 2008 GOP VP slot
On Monday, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty announced he's forming a presidential exploratory committee. This is his official first step towards a possible presidential campaign in 2012. (Full interview embedded to the left.)
© 2011 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric spoke with Pawlenty in January after the release of his new book "Courage to Stand."
Pawlenty told Couric said he was "honored to be considered" for the 2008 GOP vice president slot. On the morning he learned that he wasn't going to be the Republican VP nominee, he said he took his dog Mazy out for a walk. "She did her business and I picked it up with a plastic bag, and I thought this is the only number two I'm getting this week."
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- Interesting analogy...scooping up poop to losing out to Palin.
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- You lost out to Palin for the number two spot then so what make you think you can be the number one guy now?
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- Gotta hurt when McCain thinks a vacuous bimbo from Wasilla has more to offer than you.
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- Palin picked over him-quite the slight...
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