Political pig pile

Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 7:03 p.m.
Kennedy sets off a free-for-all; bad news for Loughlin and Dennigan
...For some time now, we at Casa Diablo have been aware of what is either a heinous conspiracy involving the timing of local news revelations or just another unfair law of nature...

For some time now, we at Casa Diablo have been aware of what is either a heinous conspiracy involving the timing of local news revelations or just another unfair law of nature. It goes like this: when a dramatic, "game-changing" (the phrase of the moment) event occurs, it will undoubtedly occur hours after P&J's deadline. And so it was with last week's political bombshell that Patrick Kennedy would not be running for re-election for the 1st Congressional District seat he has occupied since 1994.

Patches's decision to take a powder (in a good way, of course) was obviously welcome news for dry cleaners throughout the region, as an unprecedented number of prominent Democrats immediately responded by moistening their trousers and skirts in paroxysms of delight when word leaked (sorry, poor choice of verb) that Kennedy was out of the picture.

Mayor David "Little Chi Chi" Cicilline quickly tossed his sombrero into the ring, having learned from his initial successful run for mayor of Providence that time is of the essence. And in order to secure funds from the usual suspects among campaign contributors, anyone considering the Congressional run ought to embrace the adage "he who hesitates is lost." Rhode Island Democratic Party chairman Bill Lynch knows this (though his chances may depend on the success of a state constitutional initiative to count each vote from the city of Pawtucket as two votes...all right, no one is actually suggesting this and we apologize for, perhaps, putting ideas into the head of Peter Kilmartin).

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