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Tim Pugmire

Pawlenty in Aspen, the Video

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Minnesota's paripatetic Governor Tim Pawlenty sure made the rounds at the Aspen Ideas Festival. It looks like he did about four interviews at last week's gathering, including the one aired on MPR on Monday. The Atlantic put up a video interview with him.

He does directly address a potential presidential run. Sort of. It's at about the 7 minute mark:

"I don't know what the future holds, but I am going to try to continue to speak, both in Minnesota and nationally, about how to improve the Republican party and see if there's some support for what I propose. And we'll see where that leads. But I don't know what I'm going to be doing three years from now."