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Reading Tom Davis' Tea Leaves for '08

"DOES [REP. TOM DAVIS] KNOW something about [Sen. John] Warner's planned announcement next month that we don't?" That's what The Post's Chris Cillizza and Shailagh Murray ask in the Sunday Fix (last item).

Photo by Michel Du Cille/The Washington PostAs politics watchers on Capitol Hill and in Virginia await Warner's highly anticipated September announcement regarding his re-election intentions for 2008 — many expect the senior senator to step aside — Davis, at right, has been lining up a Senate campaign team in case Warner decides to resign. Davis' angling comes as Warner's congressional team has been making moves of its own. The newest tea leaf to read: Davis has brought on a former top congressional and campaign aide, John Hishta, luring him from a cushy lobbying job.

» "Sunday Fix" [WaPo]
» EARLIER: "More Signs of a John Warner Senate Departure" [Free Ride/Express]

Photo by Michel Du Cille/The Washington Post

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