PA-04: Lynn Swann for Congress?

Former Pittsburgh Steelers star Lynn Swann got creamed in last year's Governor's race in Pennsylvania. Swann held his own in Western Pennsylvania, but lost most of Eastern Pennsylvania, where the Steelers aren't a big thing, in a landslide.

So now is Swann thinking of running for Congress in Steeler country?

The Pennsylvania 4th Congressional District (see map below,) is a swing district, with a slight Republican lean over the last decade. It was held by Democrat Ron Klink until 2000 and then conservative Republican Melissa Hart until she was defeated by a surprising large 10,000 vote margin against Democrat Jason Altmire last November.

An Altmire-Swann race would be interesting, and would rake in a lot of money, but Swann lost the district in the 2006 Gubernatorial race, Altmire is the incumbent and it doesn't look like it's going to be a better Republican year.