Pawlenty's Gone

Lynn Campbell of IowaPolitics.com reported Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is ending his bid for the White House, a day after a disappointing third-place finish at the Ames Straw Poll.

The Associated Press is reporting that Pawlenty told supporters on a conference call this morning that he would announce on ABC's "This Week" that he was ending his campaign, which he has already done according to Fox News.

Huffington Post has a story on the dropout here: Huffpo.

Campbell wrote that Pawlenty placed a distant third in the Ames Straw Poll with less than half the votes as Minnesota

He received 2,293 votes, or 13.6 percent of the 16,892 votes cast.