I think this story is the official end of TPaw’s campaign:
The Minnesota Independent reported in March that former Bachmann Chief of Staff Ron Carey was one of three ex-staffers for the congresswoman who were publicly lending their support to Pawlenty for the GOP nomination.
Indeed, as well as Huntsman. Stick a fork in them, they're done before they even get out of the starting gate, sans a massive Leftist CPR effort to keep a Republican in the race who they think will lose to Zero.