Mfume to Join Obama Administration?

We hear that former Congressman Kweisi Mfume might be angling for a job in President-Elect Barack Obama's administration. Mfume, who represented Maryland's 7th District in Congress from 1987 to 1997 and has also served on the Baltimore City Council and as President and CEO of the NAACP, worked tirelessly on Obama's presidential campaign, dating back to the primary season, and is said to be in close contact with the President-Elect's transition team.

On Sunday, the Examiner mentioned some other local politicos who might be in the running for posts in the Obama Administration, including state Attorney General Doug Gansler, who co-chaired Obama's Maryland campaign office and once worked as an assistant U.S. attorney for Eric Holder, who Obama tapped to be his Attorney General yesterday. State labor secretary Tom Perez, who is on Obama's transition team, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, who co-chaired Obama's Maryland campaign with Gansler, are also mentioned among the locals who might be headed to Washington.