The law professor, William Jacobson, who blogs at Legal Insurrection has set his sights on unseating Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D) of Rhode Island in the 2010 midterms. Patrick Kennedy is the son of the late US Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. Professor Jacobson, who hails from Rhode Island, is a big Scott Brown supporter. As a fellow New Englander, I’d like to offer my own explanation of how Patrick Kennedy is going to lose his seat in Rhode Island this fall.
Our President and his friends on the left will be glad to know that I’ve boiled my theory down to five simple points which can hopefully be understood by every knuckle dragging troglodyte conservative in all the bitter, gun-clinging, bible clutching, flyover red states like… Massachusetts.
Here goes…
1. Scott Brown won every Massachusetts town on the Rhode Island border except one.
2. Scott Brown won more than 50% of the Massachusetts towns that border Connecticut.
3. On February 4th, less than three weeks after Scott Brown’s stunning Massachusetts victory, Patrick Kennedy referred to Brown’s win as “a joke.”
4. Rhode Island news outlets are already reporting on Patrick Kennedy’s vulnerability.
5. Rumor has it that a well known politician is planning to run against Patrick Kennedy and he’s very popular with the people of Rhode Island. Perhaps you’ve heard of him.
Buddy Cianci has had his share of troubles as a politician but a majority of citizens in the Ocean State absolutely love him. As the Mayor of Rhode Island’s capital city of Providence for over 21 years, Cianci was incredibly effective. He has the trust of Rhode Island voters and tremendous name recognition.
If Cianci chooses not to run, the anti-incumbency wave that recently helped carry Scott Brown to victory will most likely defeat Kennedy anyway. When I recently covered a “campaign school” in the Boston suburb of Braintree, I met more than one attendee from Rhode Island.
If the rumor is true and Cianci decides to run, I suspect most Rhode Island voters will be asking themselves only one question this November.
Patrick who?
Cross posted at Mike LaChance.
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proudgop (Diary) Wednesday, February 10th at 7:49AM EST (link)I volunteered on Kevin Vigilante campaign in 94 for open house seat in state so I loathe this dunce more and have seen him up close and he is dumb. He couldn’t even get into an Ivy League and for Kennedy thats just sad.
The thing is his driving drunk, high on pills, bloating he never works day in his life and yet he keeps getting re-elected? Well it his name and he brings a lot money home to district ( appropriations committee)
He is vulnerable this year and he has never faced an elected official.
http://www.foxprovidence.com/dpps/news/politics/local_politics/eyewtiness-news-poll-rep-patrick-kennedy-vulnerable_3220037
Poll stats
31 percent of those interviewed said they would “consider another” candidate and 28 percent said they would “vote to replace” Kennedy. Those who would re-elect the eight-term Congressman came in at 35 percent. Five percent weren’t sure.
Only 26 percent of independents would put him back in office while 42 percent would consider someone else. 25 percent of independents polled would vote for anybody but Kennedy.
42 percent favorable and 56 percent unfavorable.
Obama has an approval of only 51% in state now so that hurts him too. Cianci would be running as an Independent so it would be 3 person race if he gets in. Cianci would take more votes from Patrick in Italian areas of district ( Prov, no prov, and johnston which skew heavily democrat)
RI is so small its really retail politics at its worse. A lot people vote for guy who helps their kids softball team, brings their mom a slice of pizza at nursing home, and smiles.
Check out John Loughlin
http://www.johnloughlin.org/