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Joe III to wed, be opposed by Bielat; Staake's Political Circus

TODAY's quote: “The Massachusetts Democrats are desperate to reclaim Barney Frank’s district and re-brand it as yet another ‘Kennedy Seat.’ We can’t let this happen! Putting someone into office simply because of his family is bad for Massachusetts, and it’s bad for the nation.” - Sean Bielat.

Bob Staake's "Political Circus"

Chatham artist Bob Staake has this week's New Yorker cover. Bob has drawn a half dozen recently including their best sellers.This week's cover lampoons the current GOP candidates for President as flying circus elephants.

Joe Kennedy set to marry Harvard classmate Lauren Anne Birchfield

WPRI reports that 31-year-old Joseph Kennedy III just got engaged to Lauren Anne Birchfield, a fellow Harvard Law School graduate. The announcement comes just a week after Kennedy announced the he was forming an exploratory committee as a first step towards a run for the seat held by retiring Congressman Barney Frank.

Kennedy is the son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy who was the United States Attorney General and a U.S. Senator from New York.

Read WPRI here.

He almost beat Barney in 2010, now Sean Bielat faces Joe III

In an exclusive story, pundit The Other Cain says that in 2010, "few GOP Congressional candidates battled longer odds or inspired more admiration than Sean Bielat, the Marine veteran who challenged Barney Frank in the 4th District of Massachusetts. A month ago, Bielat told me he was nearing a decision on mounting another challenge for the same seat, which has been redistricted to include slightly more Republican-friendly precincts."

"Now, the Kennedy family has put up its own candidate as heir apparent to Frank's seat, and Bielat previewed his 2012 campaign in a fundraising letter to conservatives."

The letter states, "Wasn’t 30 years of Barney Frank enough? Wasn’t 64 consecutive years of Kennedys in Congress enough? Now Democratic Party insiders think that they can replace Barney with yet another Kennedy, a young man who has never lived in the district, but has a famous last name, to secure a seat for another several decades."

Sean Bielat (R-MA) is a US Marine, a successful businessman and recently became a proud father. His campaign site is SeanBielat.org. You can follow his tweets and posts on Twitter and Facebook.

Read The Other Cain here.