Mayor Ensign?

First, a disclaimer. I know that Washington, DC politics--by which I mean the actual business of running the city of Washington--is pretty obscure stuff. Most Americans don't get hot and bothered about gun rights or school choice in our nation's capital. Washington, DC might be the capital, but it's still a fairly dinky city, and it will never draw much media attention.

That being said...it's interesting to read this article about how Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada, is taking the lead on issues relating to the administration of the city.

It got me thinking: could Ensign be setting himself up as a presidential candidate in 2012? He has the resume. He's from a swing state--Nevada. He has governmental experience, but not so much that he seems like a creature of the establishment. He looks presidential, certainly, having perhaps the best head of hair in politics.

It's only a thought. Perhaps there's nothing to it. But I'll be interested to see how Ensign handles himself over the next few months. If he joins conservatives like Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn in leading the charge against Obama, it might hint at his own ambitions to the Oval Office.