Pawlenty Responds to Obama's Reelection Video

The Huffington Post reports:

Tim Pawlenty was quick to hit back at Barack Obama Monday after the president officially launched his reelection campaign.

And in what is becoming his favorite method of communication, Pawlenty responded by posting a cinematic video on YouTube. The former Minnesota governor and 2012 presidential hopeful mocked the slogan that the White House has used this year to reposition itself for the latter half of Obama's first term.

"How can America win the future when we're losing the present?" Pawlenty asks in the video, crafted by 22-year-old aide Lucas Baiano.

It begins with a "Matrix"-style slow-motion shot of people walking down the street, transitions to a picture of lightning striking over the White House, shows Obama uttering, "Time to win the future," then turns to displays of the country's tough economic situation: for-sale signs in front of homes, the national debt clock, gas prices, closed businesses.