Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), who is widely seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2012, has now formed his own federal political action committee, called “Freedom First,” which will allow him to raise money for other Republicans and to travel around the country — but Pawlenty is denying that this is a step towards laying groundwork for a presidential campaign.
As the Star Tribune reports:
Pawlenty, who ended his state fundraising committee earlier this month, said the new PAC should not be seen as confirmation of his interest in running for president.
“It is just the opposite,” Pawlenty told the Star Tribune this morning. “This undertaking, as we plan it and envision it, would be to help other candidates on a federal level.”
