re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth

He is one of those Libertarians who pretend to be Republican. Eventually he dropped the pretense and re-filed for the Libertarian ticket..

In the meantime, there’s this:
nytimes.com
WASHINGTON — Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota became the first major Republican to enter the 2012 presidential race, announcing an exploratory committee on Monday that formalizes an ambition that has been steadily building for more than a year.

Wasn’t he also first one out? I don’t really remember, but then I really didn’t care.