Fresh off a star turn at the Tea Party Patriots' national summit last weekend, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty's presidential aspirations got a splash of cold water Tuesday from a respected political pundit, who also dumped a bucket on Rep. Michele Bachmann's nascent plans.
Writing in Roll Call, columnist Stu Rothenberg opined that Pawlenty's "most troublesome potential opponent could well be" the Sixth District congresswoman.
He wrote:
While the column goes on to detail Pawlenty's opresumed deficiencies, its bottom line for Bachmann is particularly brutal: "Bachmann is not going to be the Republican nominee."
The whole thing can be read here.
