In our 2010 round-up earlier today, we noted that Rep. Danny Davis' entry into the Cook County Board President's race is still very much in question, despite his declaration -- "I'm in" -- to the Sun-Times' Carol Marin last month.  Indeed, check out this report from the Pioneer Press today (which followed a related tweet from Chitown Politics yesterday): 

"He is definitely running" for Todd Stroger's spot and will also be getting petition signatures for a race for a seventh Congressional term.

"While he can't run for both jobs at the same time, he has until Oct. 26 -- the last day for filing petitions -- to decide" which office he'll go for, [Davis spokeswoman Tumia] Romero said.

Hmm.  How can he be "definitely running" for board president if he hasn't decided which office he's running for? 

UPDATE: Speaking of candidates declaring they're "in" a race, then ultimately bowing out: Republican Joe Birkett announced today that he will not run for Illinois Attorney General against Lisa Madigan.  "It would be wrong for me to run and to ask people to contribute to a race that that is virtually unwinnable under the circumstances," he said in a statement on his website.  Birkett began backtracking from his original campaign announcement about a month ago.