He won't admit it, but U.S. Rep and Philadelphia Democratic Party chairman Bob Brady WILL run for mayor.
How do we know? He's coming to the Pennsylvania Society bash tomorrow night to mix with the Big Money crowd.
"He NEVER comes up here," one savvy pol told John Baer outside one of the endless cocktail parties that make this event a woozy blur. "I've been coming up here for 21 years and I've never seen him once."
But Big Bob is coming this year and that makes us think he's running.
"What other reason could he possibly have?," said our pol.