Early Jockeying for Obama's Seat

Is Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., looking to move beyond his current perch as chairman of the the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Federal Workforce Subcommittee? My colleague Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic reports that Davis couldn't even wait until election results started rolling in to weigh in on a potential run for Barack Obama's Senate seat should it happen to come open for any reason.

"I hope and pray with every fiber of my being that tonight Senator Obama will be victorious and become president, and even then it will be too early to determine whether I will seek the U. S. Senate vacancy should my friend Barack Obama win tonight's election," Davis said in a press release. Still, he couldn't help but add that he agreed with supporters who said, "I am qualified and able to serve the state of Illinois should the opportunity present itself."

As my fellow Fedblogger Alyssa Rosenberg noted earlier this year, Davis has made a crusade out of trying to diversify the ranks of the Senior Executive Service.