Pawlenty quits as Romney campaign co-chair

[NJMaverick]

rats are fleeing the sinking ship

Quote:Tim Pawlenty quit as co-chair of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Thursday to become one of Wall Street's top lobbyists in Washington. Pawlenty, a former governor of Minnesota, will lead the Financial Services Roundtable.
The move came with Romney's campaign struggling to find its stride with just seven weeks left before Election Day. Polls show the former Massachusetts governor running neck and neck with President Barack Obama in a contest both sides predict will be very close. But Romney's campaign has been grappling with a video showing him seemingly writing off Obama supporters as having a "victim" mindset and being reliant on government handouts. And Republicans outside the campaign have been grumbling that the campaign needs a shot in the arm.
"It is an honor to call Mitt and Ann my friends," Pawlenty said in a written statement released by the Romney campaign. "As the campaign moves into the home stretch, he has my full support and continued faith in his vision and his policies."
"Tim Pawlenty is a dear friend," Romney said in the same statement. "He's brought energy, intelligence and tireless dedication to every enterprise in which he's ever been engaged, and that certainly includes my presidential campaign.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/pawle...ction.html

[pappy]

Pawlenty cashing in and can't even wait 6 more weeks to get his first payday.

[jaxx]

"Dear" friends don't run out on you before the finish line. Bailing out is more like it....get a job before his name becomes mud like Willard's is.

[janedrake]

(09-20-2012 10:09 AM)jaxx Wrote:  "Dear" friends don't run out on you before the finish line. Bailing out is more like it....get a job before his name becomes mud like Willard's is.

Bingo!

[Still a Democrat]

Cynical part of me says this was done to fuel the storyline that Mittens is "reinventing" his campaign.