Activism
In 2011, Cassidy recorded a public service announcement for Alzheimer's research and prevention—due to his mother, Evelyn Ward, having the disease—and said that he will champion that cause whenever possible. He plans to address Congress in 2012.
Cassidy is a long-time registered Democrat. Describing Republican candidates for president Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich on a panel on the Colbert Report, Cassidy stated, "I believe the both of them are the most embarrassing, sad, pathetic... I mean, really, this is the best we can do?"
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