In an Business Insider article titled "Tim Pawlenty Flops In Foreign Policy Debut" the reporter overhears reaction to Pawlenty's foreign policy speech.
It was actually a little painful to watch the former Minnesota Governor squirm under the supercilious scrutiny of people who make their living by knowing American foreign policy inside out. When someone asked about the worse possibilities that could follow Assad in Syria and Pawlenty responded with "No one ever asked who would follow Hitler," it seemed like half the audience started snickering behind their notebooks.
As the crowd was leaving, we overheard one well-known foreign policy journalist say something to the effect of: "My impression is that he doesn't know a whole lot about anything."