鈥淗is biggest weakness is, 鈥楾im who?鈥欌 says Allan Lichtman, a presidential historian at American University in Washington, DC.
Apart from low name recognition, Pawlenty lacks a deep fundraising network and, perhaps worst of all in the nominating contest, comes across as bland and uninspiring, says Professor Lichtman.
鈥淗e鈥檚 a cookie-cutter Republican,鈥 he says. 鈥淚f you were to go out and stamp out your basic Republican candidate, you鈥檇 have plain vanilla Pawlenty.