announced goal of raising $1 billion in order to drown out their opposition one thing is certain, it begins and ends with political extortion. joining me now, editorial director of "the huffington post." i think he'll win by a process of elimination. he showed us today he's the only one ready to go. >> he's got this young guy who is a filmmaker who is on his own terms sensationally good at what he does. if you look for something that's halfway between a video game like "call of duty" and a movie trailer and you want to try to make tim pawlenty exciting as a strong opponent to the president, that's the way to do it. now, i know tim pawlenty. i covered him. i went out to minnesota and interviewed him. >> i don't know tim pawlenty. i'm betting on him sight unseen.