One day after getting his ass kicked by Michele Bachmann at the Ames Straw Poll, and just a few days after getting his ass kicked by Michele Bachmann at the Republican debate crazy-off, Tim Pawlenty is no longer a contender to get his ass kicked by President Obama next year.
You'd think Pawlenty wouldn't be the first to drop. A successful (by Republican standards) two-term governor of a Midwestern state gets outlasted by Rick "Please don't Google my name" Santorum and the pizza guy?
But in today's Republican Party, that's not good enough. Not when the party wants the craziest, meanest extremist there is. Poor Minnesota Nice T-Paw; he never stood a chance. And now he's gone.
So, who will be next?