AP source: (Patrick) Kennedy won't run for re-election in RI

AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/11/10 | Andrew Miga - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – A Democratic official says Rep. Patrick Kennedy has decided not to seek re-election for his seat representing Rhode Island in the U.S. Congress.

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The decision by the eight-term congressman comes less than a month after a stunning Republican upset in the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat his late father, Edward Kennedy, held for almost half a century.

[G Larry]

Patrick Kennedy is a joke!

[USMA '71]

Coward

[votemout]

Moving to Mass.?

[Major Matt Mason]

Probably moving back to MA to win back his Dad's seat in 2012.

[mia]

He won’t run because the polls must be telling him he would lose “big time.”

[votemout]

We just refer to him as the dumb one.

[Marty62]

Daddy must have taken good care of him in his will.
Time to party.

[luv2ndamend]

A lot of retirements lately. 18 pubs and 16 or so rats?

[Clintonfatigued]

If this is true, than his poll numbers must be falling.

[RightWingConspirator]

Probably moving back to MA to to try to win back his Dad's seat in 2012. The Kennedy name may no longer hold the magic that it once did in Massachusetts, especially if this retard runs.

[TimeLord]

Excellent point! I hadn’t thought of that.

[ohioWfan]

He sees the handwriting on the wall.

It's blurred, but he sees it. ;)

[festusbanjo]

Probably moving back to MA to win back his Dad’s seat in 2012.

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Dang, you beat me to it! Nothing that these people do is more influenced by how much they will personally benefit from it. Apparently didn’t have time to establish residency for the special election, but you can bet he’s already looking at real estate in Beacon Hill.

[sinanju]

“Patrick Kennedy has been in and out of treatment for substance abuse since crashing his car outside the U.S Capitol in 2006. Still, he has been comfortably re-elected twice since then, after making mental health care his signature issue in Washington.”

Priceless!

[ConservativeMind]

He wants more time to eat and booze it up.

Gotta follow Ted’s example, you know. That also means he will be killing some poor lady.

[kempster]

All that money raised goes right into their pockets.

[dfwgator]

No more Kennedys, ever!

[Slyfox]

Here's the rest of the article:

Patrick Kennedy has been in and out of treatment for substance abuse since crashing his car outside the U.S Capitol in 2006. Still, he has been comfortably re-elected twice since then, after making mental health care his signature issue in Washington.

Sounds like Teddy taught him how to drive.

[NautiNurse]

Patches, we’re depending on you, son.