Minn.’s Pawlenty, a possible 2012 presidential candidate, files PAC papers (AP)

Quoted: Byron Shafer, a University of Wisconsin political science professor, said both Pawlenty and the advisers are sending a message.”He wants inside observers to know heâ??s serious,” Shafer said. As for the advisers, “theyâ??re willing to say he could be the one and theyâ??re comfortable with him” as a potential GOP nominee, he said.