Pawlenty positionng himself as the anti-isolationist Republican

In a field seemingly dominated by Ron Paul wannabes on foreign policy, Tim Pawlenty has decided to be the candidate of common sense.

From Pawlenty's  in speech  today to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York:

What is wrong, is for the Republican Party to shrink from the challenges of American leadership in the world. History repeatedly warns us that in the long run, weakness in foreign policy costs us and our children much more than we’ll save in a budget line item.

America already has one political party devoted to decline, retrenchment, and withdrawal; it does not need a second one.

Pawlenty may not have very impressive numbers at this point here in Iowa, but he's the front-runner for this perennial caucus-goer's support.