Pawlenty skips SRLC for MN NG troop return.

    Well, this is gratifyingly not 2012-related: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will miss a major Republican gathering next month of possible 2012 GOP presidential contenders and instead will attend a welcome home ceremony for troops returning from Iraq, a Pawlenty spokesman tells CNN. The two-term Minnesota governor, who is considering a bid for his party’s presidential nomination in the next election, was scheduled to attend the | Read More »