Thursday political shorties

-- Emanuel is in as O's chief of staff.

-- My previously mentioned Linc Chafee Q+A is online here.

-- Anchor's Andrew live-blogged the gov's economic conference, and RI Future's Matt has harsh words for Carcieri's performance on economic development. (On Tuesday night, Bob Weygand and I chatted about RI's difficulty in moving forward on this front. I mentioned this piece from earlier this year, pegged to the Greenhouse Compact in 1984, as an emblem of this.) 

-- O-early adapter Patrick Lynch, leaving a possible out, tells Ed Fitzpatrick he has no intention of taking a job in DC.

-- Dennis Grilli is on paid leave.

-- As jockeying continues to succeed Joe Montalbano as Senate pres, the House has a closed leadership caucus in West Warwick this evening.