If you’re like me, you are very excited that Tim “Black Hole of Charisma” Pawlenty has a new book coming out that, aw shucks, may or may not be a harbinger of his inevitable failed run for the presidency.

An evangelical Christian who has been an outspoken voice for the GOP, Pawlenty sat down exclusively with “Nightline’s” Terry Moran to talk about running for president in 2012, his chief potential rival Sarah Palin and President George W. Bush’s legacy.

Pawlenty denied that his upcoming book tour, which will take him to some key battleground states in December, was the kickoff for his presidential campaign. His autobiography, “Courage to Stand: An American Story,” is due out on Jan. 11.

But he’s made no secret of the fact that he is heavily considering a presidential bid.

Well, yeah, him and just about every other Republican who has had a brief moment in the sun that gave rise to a thousand Pawlenty/Palin/Gingrich/Bachmann/Romney/Zorg the Destroyer/Jindal/Christie/Perry/Pence/It’s So Fluffy! Unicorn/Daniels/Rubio/Huckabee/Giuliani/Thune 2012 Republican boners. But Pawlenty understands that what really sets a candidate apart from the other potential nominees (other than being a foreigner like Jindal or Rubio, or lacking a penis like Palin, Bachmann, and Pence) is having a ghostwritten book out containing tales of hard work and strong values and stand taking and all of that America, Fuck Yeah! Jesus kind of stuff, all summed up with a trite platitudinous vaguely inspiring title. Thus:

Courage to Stand: An American Story
or
No Apology: The Case for American Greatness
or
Real Change: The Fight for America’s Future
or
Going Rogue: An American Life
or
On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For
or
Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick, and the Heroes Who Inspired Him
or
A Charge to Keep : My Journey to the White House.

Basically they’re all the end result of a Mad Lib, but with a colon in the middle.

Also…. Edroso!: The Musical still running. Like Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but with fewer plummeting to earth actors.