It's not surprising that candidates in this season of anti-incumbent anger are trying to wrap themselves in the concerns of average voters. So expect to see a lot more of this type of thing as Bill Lynch and David Cicilline duke it out in the Democratic fight to succeed Patrick Kennedy:

US Representative Patrick Kennedy's camp wasn't commenting to reporters following GOP rival John Loughlin's campaign announcement yesterday. But that hasn't stopped Kennedy from firing a shot of his own against one of Loughlin's role models, newly minted Senator Scott Brown. As Politico reports:

Courtesy of Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi. Here's her shorthand for the showdown between US Representative Patrick Kennedy and Bishop Thomas Tobin:

The fight between Patrick Kennedy and the Providence bishop signals the start of another new day.