...According to
CNN, Patrick Kennedy has decided NOT to challenge Senator Lincoln Chafee. The report by Wolf Blitzer said that he claimed that he was
"...happy being a Congressman". The
Boston Herald had a story this morning saying that his obligations to his mother may be the reason for him opting out of the race...
...With U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy poised to take over as his mother's full-time caretaker in the wake of her latest apparent relapse, friends and supporters say the burden may force him out of a much-anticipated bid for Senate.
"There's nobody more important in Patrick Kennedy's life than his mother," said Kennedy's friend and former chief of staff Tony Macella. "If it comes down between Patrick taking care of his mother and a run for the United States Senate, there's no question in my mind that his mother comes first"...
Rhode Island is too blue a state, to just offer up a weak challenge to Chafee. Who becomes the nominee for the seat now? Does
Congressman Jim Langevin jump back in the race now?