THE KISS OF DEATH – AT 7:52 P.M. ET:  Sometimes it's best for certain people just to shut up.  Nancy Pelosi, for some ungodly reason, has injected herself into the Chicago mayoral race, as The Politico reports:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw her endorsement in Chicago's mayoral race to former House colleague Rahm Emanuel on Thursday.

After praising Emanuel at a press conference and saying she had given him encouragement at a White House meeting that day, Pelosi answered “yes” when a reporter asked whether she would endorse the outgoing chief of staff.

President Obama is expected to announce Emanuel's departure – and the promotion of longtime aide Pete Rouse – at a White House ceremony Friday.

Emanuel, who Pelosi said had the “affection” of his former House peers, has polled in Chicago and has begun working to assemble a campaign team.

COMMENT:  So Rahm, who's already down in the polls in the mayoral race, goes back to Chicago with the endorsement of Nancy Pelosi.  Is there a cure for this?  A vaccine?  Rahm is probably in the White House right now, banging his head against the wall.  "Of all the candidates in all the offices of the world, she had to endorse me."

Well, at any rate, they'll still have Washington.  Maybe he can say it's a different Nancy Pelosi.

September 30, 2010