Jesse Jackson Jr Says... I'm READY For Obama's `Senate Seat!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:35 pm

CNBC's Donny Deutsch last night asked Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois if he'd be interested in an appointment to the opening seat of Sen. Barack Obama, who will be sworn in as president on Jan. 20.

"I'd be honored, I'd be humbled and yes, I would,'' Jackson replied on the cable network's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. "But it is the decision of the governor of the state of Illinois, he'll have to make that judgment.

"I have 13 years of service in the Congress, I have only missed two votes,'' Jackson said. "No Democrat or Republican can say that - I have a perfect voting record in Congress and I think I am up to the task.