I think most people assumed the Kennedys would find a sneaky way to slamdunk a replacement named by Governor Deval Patrick.
Posted on 08/24/2009 1:27:44 PM PDT by kingattax
Last week came the surprising letter from Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) urging Democratic leaders in the Massachusetts legislature to change state law and permit the governor to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate when and if it arises. Calling for a reversal of the law that Democratic legislators passed in '04 (when they took that very power to appoint from then-Republican Gov. Mitt Romney and mandated a "snap election" in five months) the ailing Kennedy appeared to recognize his own mortality.
What has followed is an onslaught of press speculation of what will happen in the likelihood that Massachusetts holds a special Senate race soon. As David Bernstein wrote in the Boston Phoenix following publication of Kennedy's letter: "Finally, Ted Kennedy gives us all permission to talk openly about the thing everybody has been talking about privately: succession."
So as the talk grows louder about what will happen next to the seat Kennedy has held since 1962 (held previously by brother John from 1952 until he became President), here are some answers to the questions most frequently asked:
Will There Be Another Sen. Kennedy?
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I wouldn’t want to bet against it.
I assumed this was a given.
I don’t live in Massachusetts an know next to nothing about their laws - does anyone know if the legislature there is in session? If not, what would it take to call them back?
Toga party.
What an absolute joke. With all due apologies to MA freepers. The State is a mess.
They are like a fungus, even when you think its gone - its not!!!
Patches could move to Mass.
No way.
Her kids let her have it for the drubbing she allowed herself to endure.
She is a real dumbass and it showed.
Not ready for prime time.
No upside for the state either.
You mean, that “thing” reproduced?
They’re out for two more weeks.
So is Michigan and California
Isn’t there a law in Mass that another Kennedy automatically inherits the senior senatorial throne?
You heard that from the news and you believe the news about her kids being upset..more likely the Democrat party..not me..and what Kennedy isn’t a dumb ass?
back in 1990 and how he used his business acumen to put the party back on its feet during its dark days in 1990.
So the Republican party was in worse shape once in MA?
WOW.
Whoever it is will almost certainly be a) a Democrat and b) a staunch liberal. So, I don’t really care. It’s like the Sotomayor nomination. I don’t like it but it isn’t like Obama is ever going to nominate somebody I’d like. If it doesn’t affect the balance of power, it’s not really important.
That’s not a public servant - that’s a mob boss.
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