What does he know that I don't

Former Republican Party Chair Ron Eibensteiner promotes the idea of the GOP picking Tim Pawlenty for President in 08. I don't disagree the national Republican Party would be wise to select Pawlenty if they want to represent Bush like conservatism while maintaining electability.

The question I do have though, does Eibensteiner know Pawlenty intends to run for the nomination and if so why didn't Pawlenty indicate that while running for re-election?