Mfume Returns To The Hill, And Apparently Wants To Stay

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This morning's CongressDailyAM includes a writeup of Kweisi Mfume's appearance at the SOTU, where he encouraged speculation that he is interested in returning to Maryland politics.

Former Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., wants to return to Congress, a quest that might have begun with his glad-handing appearance at Wednesday night's State of the Union address.

As the House chamber filled in preparation for President Bush's speech, the center of activity on the Democratic side appeared to be Mfume's seat, the same seat he has occupied for 17 of the last 18 State of the Union addresses.

Mfume -- who said he was too sick to attend last year's speech -- represented a Baltimore district in the House from 1986-1996, when he resigned to take over the presidency of the NAACP.

Having resigned from that post in January, Mfume said Thursday, "I think it's clear to most people that I have for some time expressed a desire to return to the Congress if I'm fortunate enough to ever get re-elected."

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1. Senator Mfume. It WILL happen.

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