Tim Pawlenty on Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Hulk Hogan ...
Tim Pawlenty on Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Hulk Hogan ...
By KENDRA MARR | 4/12/11 11:09 PM EDT
Updated: 4/13/11 4:16 PM EDT
Tim Pawlenty implied Tuesday that there are some less-than-serious presidential hopefuls eyeing the race, with a quip that seemed to lump Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Donald Trump together with wrestling icon Hulk Hogan.
"You're going to have, you know, Mitt Romney who will start out as the front-runner with the most name-ID and money..." Pawlenty told CNN’s Piers Morgan in handicapping the race. "And on the other end of the continuum, you'll have perhaps Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Donald Trump, or I don't know, maybe Hulk Hogan will get in the race too. Who knows? But I think in between those two things on the continuum, there's a role for a serious person who has tackled these kinds of issues. We live in very serious times and the country's facing a grave challenge. And if we're going to restore America's promise, we're going to have to get back to leadership that is steady, clear and strong."
Pawlenty : 2012 field ranges from serious to Hulk Hogan
Pawlenty was quick to emphasize that he means “no disrespect to those others,â€
