“Patrick Kennedy” on The Daily Caller

House Democrats worked to tug on the heartstrings Wednesday, playing to the “Kennedy card” several times while defending Obamacare in a congressional hearing. Sen. Ted Kennedy, who passed away in 2009, called socialized medicine “the cause of my life.” (more)

Longtime bachelor Patrick Kennedy tied the knot with Amy Petitgout on Friday at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, Mass. (more)

Last week, Garrett Orr, a former priest at Georgetown Prep, a prestigious Catholic high school in D.C., was accused of sexual abuse. Orr was a teacher at Prep when I was there in the early 1980s, and I wrote about the scandal here and here. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedys have held congressional seats, the presidency and the public’s imagination for more than 60 years. That era ends when Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island vacates his U.S. House seat next month, leaving a city council post in California as Camelot’s sole remaining political holding. (more)

What is the cost of corruption in government? For Rhode Island’s Central Falls, the smallest and most densely populated city in the nation, the cost of corruption was so great that it put the city into bankruptcy. And one reporter got it all on video. (more)

On Monday, The Daily Caller began revealing its Ranking of America’s 50 Best Colleges. We encourage you to check out our methodology and the reasons why our college ranking is uniquely definitive. (more)

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Rep. Patrick Kennedy was spotted doing vodka shots last week at a Capitol Hill bar just hours after he spoke about his history of substance abuse at a charity event. (more)

What an awesome week for all kinds of crazy. If aliens had landed on our planet, they would have watched as: the world’s most celebrated movie stars snored through a bizarre, seventeen-hour interpretive dance at the Oscars; Rep. Patrick Kennedy lost his effing mind on the House floor; Glenn Beck and Eric Massa out-crazied each other over some exotic birth ritual called “kill the old guy;” and a Pennsylvania woman opened a dating service for lonely jihadists. Slip into a straight jacket and follow me into this padded room, Crazy, because you just had the best week ever! (more)

Apparently the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which P.J. O’Rourke immortalized in ‘Parliament of Whores’ as a bunch of friendly gearheads at the mercy of risk-averse consumers, is in line for a beating: (more)

President Obama’s attempt to press ahead with a comprehensive health-care bill on Monday prompted one reaction in Washington more than any other: confusion. (more)

Here is the most up to date list of which House lawmakers have said they will retire at the end of this term, or are leaving their seat to run for higher office: (more)

Few Americans can imagine retiring at age 42, let alone receive a pension for doing so. But that’s what Democrat Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island can look forward to when he completes his final term in the House of Representatives next January. (more)

Patrick Kennedy’s relationship to his constituents is like that of a compulsive check-bouncer to his bank – except in Kennedy’s case, the bank keeps cashing the checks. (more)

Dotty Harry shoots own foot, Obama’s favorite bill – With Kennedy Family gone, District bars anticipate having all this extra liquor around – Charlie Crist doubles efforts to prove Marco Rubio’s real identity – Thanks to sly pervert, detained missionaries stay detained – Climategate panelist resigns amid allegations of bias – New Jersey granola types freak over possible transit fare hike (more)

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. (more)

Scott Brown, a celebrity among Republicans, made his rounds around Capitol Hill this morning, glad handing his soon-to-be colleagues in the Senate as a herd of journalists followed him. (more)

The son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy says a Republican victory in the race for his father’s Senate seat is a sign that the American public is out for “blood.” (more)