Tim Pawlenty, this is NOT the kind of story you want in the Des Moines Register when you're trying to get your presidential campaign off the ground. When the first words of Jens Krogstad's first paragraph describe your event as including "a handful of Iowans," the second paragraph says the campaign "canceled two of its events Tuesday with little or no notice" (one because of a problem with the location...though reading between the lines, I suspect it was a problem with likely turnout) and the third paragraph begins, "Eight Iowans," you are not in control of your events or your message.
In the body of the article itself, the candidate sounds confrontational and defensive...and ill-prepared for the questions that a conservative caucus-type crowd might present. Add to that his laughable series of announcements and pre-announcements, some other negative press, an endorsement from the state auditor of Ohio (uh, wow?), and one has to wonder about the long-term prospects for your campaign.
[Update: Today's event in Council Bluffs drew an "enthusiastic crowd of about 65 people." Enthusiastic is good, and 65 > 8, so that's something. But it ain't much.]
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