KCAL catches Tim Pawlenty thinking ahead to 2012 before dialing things back to talking points.
"I'm not very well-known at all, and if it's just a contest about familiarity, then that's not going to bode well for anybody who's from a small state or isn't known well.
But I haven't even decided to run for office beyond my current term as governor."
He's in Newport Beach, CA this weekend for the Western Conservative Political Action Conference.