Associates of Mr. Romney say he believes Mr. Pawlenty has gotten a bad rap, and the comfort level between the men outweighs any concerns of a potential ticket being seen as dull.
An industry that had once been seen as dull produced megastars in hedge funds and private equity.Life has been rather more difficult since the bursting of the internet bubble.
American TV shows have become increasingly popular among China's well-educated and English-speaking youth, thanks to licensed content online and what is seen as dull programming from the country's traditional broadcast media.
Egypt used to be seen as a dull newspaper posting, with journalists complaining, over the empties at the Greek Club in Alexandria or a coffee at Simonds in Cairo, that nothing ever happened.
The humdrum business of buying space came to be seen as a necessary, but dull, part of an agency's service to its clients.The business hardly seems dull these days.
We can subdue it with alcohol or affairs, or buy bigger and better homes and holidays (the mid-life crisis can be seen as an attempt to dull the challenges of the inner voice).
Never again would being truly dull be seen as a virtue.
Even among fervent chavistas, Mr Maduro, a former bus driver and latterly foreign minister, was seen as a dull candidate.
Energy was seen as rather dull, as fears over our ability to "keep the lights on" had long ago receded.
