After Tim Pawlenty gave an interview to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Thursday, humorist/journalist Charles Pearce poked fun of the former Minnesota governor in an off-color blog post for Esquire magazine. He chides Pawlenty for quitting the gubernatorial race when "he found himself less able than most of the rest of the candidates to get old white people on buses and move them from one place to another."

After being passed over twice as a vice presidential pick, where does Tim Pawlenty go from here? Time magazine explores his options. If Mitt Romney wins, perhaps a cabinet post? Or a run against Sen. Al Franken in 2014? And there's always the private sector. The former Minnesota governor sits on seven corporate boards.

Former Governor Tim Pawlenty is taking himself out of vice presidential contention. On Fox and Friends, the one-time presidential candidate says he took himself off the list of contenders for Mitt Romney's bid. He says Romney will have 'plenty of good people to pick from.'

The Republican presidential candidate is bringing on Iowa adviser Eric Woolson -- who most recently was an adviser to the former governor's campaign before he left the race last month.

The former Minnesota governor owed nearly $500,000 last fall after he dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination in August. Pawlenty has also filed papers to officially terminate his campaign committee. He supports Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November.

The former governor and presidential candidate is joining the board of directors of RedPrairie, a supply chain technology company. The company is headquartered in Atlanta and has offices in Eden Prairie.

A fundraising report released Friday covering July through September shows former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has nearly half a million dollars in campaign debt. The former GOP hopeful left the race after a disappointing third-place finish at the Ames, Iowa straw poll in August.

Tim Pawlenty told Fox News today that he 'won't be considered' for the vice president spot with Mitt Romney, if he wins the GOP nomination. The former governor ended his bid for president in August after coming in third in the Ames Iowa Straw Poll.