Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty could not survive a poor third-place showing in the Ames straw pool or the entry of Texas Gov. Rick Perry into the race -- but if those were the immediate causes of his collapse, the root causes had been evident for quite some time: anemic fundraising, a weak campaigner, and a guy who couldn't throw enough red meat to GOP primary voters.
Theory: The Tea Party rid the GOP of T-Paw. They claimed their third head this weekend, the first two being Mike Huckabee and Mitch Daniels. They will not be the last. The survivors are already shifting further to the right. Whoever's left standing will be so far to the right that they cannot possibly win the general.
If we're going by positions, the next person on the list to go is Romney. Now that Rick Perry is in the race, the moneyed interests may in fact dump the guy. I'm not sure.
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