Dem. County Chairman Len Lenihan is looking like he is trying to do what John Q. Public would hope of their political leaders. Attempt to do the right thing. By coming out and acknowledging the Mark Poloncarz story in the Buff. News, Lenihan appears to be bucking political traditon by not yet turning to the long standing practice of giving in to the party status quo. People like the Keanes and the brothers Tim and Paul Clark assume because of long pasts, commitments and ties (self-serving as they may be) to the party that they should be the heir apparent to the "throne".
If this plays out, where the Keane and Clarks and such, don't get their way, they most likely will attempt a coupe to dump Lenihan as Chairman.