Speaking of storms: A possible imperfect storm is brewing over the Verrazano-Narrows Comgressional District of Michael Grimm --- could it be "Hurricane Mike [McMahon]"

Former Congressman and former Northern Staten Island Councilman Michael E. McMahon is reported to be mulling a comeback against a GOP incumbent, who is facing discontent on the Right and on Left, and on the firing line of an ongoing federal investigation

That's according to a post that first appeared yesterday on Roll Call's Politics Blog  ( "New York: Former Rep. Mike McMahon Eyeing Congressional Bid", Joshua Miller, CQ Roll Call [Blog], 1/23/13,
[ http://atr.rollcall.com/new-york-former-rep-mike-mcmahon-eyeing-congressional-bid/ ]).  Joshua Miller's  post says that Wednesday evening Former Democratic Rep. Michael E. McMahon said that he is "...  [c]ertainly taking a look at...  a comeback bid in New York’s Staten Island-based 11th District....  [and that] ....  he expects to make a final decision on the race soon."

McMahon was defeated by Republican Michael Grimm in the national anti-Obama  backlash of 2010, in which McMahon lost by about 3 percentage points. In 2012, Grimm faced a series of terrible headlines about alleged ethical improprieties, but was never charged with any crime; and he was one of only a few first-term Republicans to win re-election in districts that were carried by President Barack Obama in 2012.

With almost two years to turn things around, Grimm might be having some money problems, though. At the end of the last election cycle, Grimm had $242,000 in cashas of November  26,  2012 according to the FEC, but he also showed $596,000 in debt.

The Roll Call posting by Joshua Miller had been picked up and linked by Colin Campbell in this morning's  "Morning Read: ‘What Did Beyoncé Sing and When Did She Sing It?’ ";  to which Colin made this ominous sounding observation,  "... 2014′s lower, non-presidential turnout would present new challenges for Democrats [in Grimm's 11th C.D.]. That is, unless the investigation into Mr. Grimm’s fundraising yields more bad headlines for the incumbent"   ([http://politicker.com/2013/01/morning-read-what-did-beyonce-sing-and-when-did-she-sing-it/]).

Now, would all of that be more ominous sounding for Mr. McMahon and the Democrats, or for Mr. Grimm and the Republicans ?