Late yesterday afternoon we received a call from mayoral hopeful Michael Brown’s campaign office. “Tomorrow, 11 a.m., outside the Wilson Building,” was about as much info as we could get out of the campaign volunteer. The call was followed up by an email adding that the press conference would include a “major announcement regarding his plans for the future.”

Uh oh. We might be jumping the gun here, but we’re guessing that Brown, who we interviewed earlier this year, is bowing out of the race. Why? Well, he’s never much broken above the single-digits in support. But maybe more importantly, his campaign’s financial situation isn’t too cheery — in an August 10 campaign finance filing, he admitted to having only $2,407 on hand and $55,000 in loans. And most obviously, no one holds a press conference to make a “major announcement” that they’re gonna stick it out.

Since we’re in the realm of total, though semi-educated conjecture here, we may as well guess that Brown will throw his support behind another candidate. We’d wager it would be Adrian Fenty. But then again, we’re guessing here.

If he does pull out of the race, it’ll be too bad. Regardless of his lack of support, Brown was consistently optimistic, arguing that even if he didn’t win the race, he’d make some good points in the process. Brown was the only candidate to spend the early months of this year focusing on youth problems, a timely issue considering the focus they have become in the recent crime emergency. He also constantly demanded statehood, while many other candidates were content with arguing for one voting seat in the House of Representatives. And in a shocking admission, he opined to the Washington Times that if he were elected, he’d dump the new stadium altogether and refurbish RFK instead.

For now, though, we don’t really know what he’ll say at 11 a.m. But guessing is a lot of fun.