My thoughts: It is waaaaaay too early, in my opinion, to be announcing a bid for the White House, by any Republican. We haven't even had the 2010 mid-term elections yet. I suppose it's wise for Tim Pawlenty to get ahead of the curve, financially and politically. But he needs to keep himself out of the main stream media as much as possible. It would be political suicide for him to start campaigning now. "Over saturation" comes to mind. The American public just got over the longest Presidential race in history, 10 months ago. For nearly two years we had to endure the endless rhetoric from Republican and Democrat hopefuls.