Rumors abound that Merrill Sherman, a cofounder of BankRI, is considering a run against incumbent Democratic Congressman David Cicilline.  She would run as a Democrat in the September 2012 Democratic Primary. Another Democrat has already announced the possibility of a run against the vulnerable Cicilline – former CD-1 candidate Anthony Gemma.  Interestingly, Sherman was recently selected as a possible candidate to serve on the powerful I-195 commission.  If she is appointed to that, would that make it less or more likely that she would run for higher office?