Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Pawlenty buys Iowa ads


Ben Smith on "a sign of urgency."

Tim Pawlenty will become the first Republican candidate to launch a major media buy in Iowa.

Pawlenty is going up with ads in the first-in-the-nation caucus state starting tomorrow on Fox News with a buy just under $50,000 in the Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Omaha, Ottumwa, Rochester, and Sioux City media markets. The ads will run from June 23rd to July 3rd.

You wanna know why I know Tim Pawlenty's stock has fallen?

Because his stock has literally fallen. He's trading at 9.2 on Intrade -- he was near 20 just a few weeks ago.