Posted on 12/15/2012 8:34:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Thank God the Constitution bans titles of nobility.
Or at least, it used too.
Didn’t MA pass a law requiring a special election?
Some folks might be surprised that the Kennedy family doesn’t consider Vicki to be part of the ‘legend’. There’s a fair chance that while Vicki might be appointed to the spot...it’s only a four-month period then before an election would occur, and some would speculate that at least one other Kennedy (a pure Kennedy) would put their name onto the ballot, just out of dislike for the widow.
Vicki would have to spend money to defend her spot against the family, and then against some Republican candidate. She may realize that’s a tough episode to enter into. On the positive side....she’s buddy-buddy with the entire state Democratic Party leadership.
Im pretty sure last months election is a testament to Scott Browns popularity
Yes, believing Kerry would be elected President with Romney as governor.
They repealed it right after Kennedy died with Patrick as governor, but not fast enough to prevent the Scott Brown special election.
Im pretty sure last months election is a testament to Scott Browns popularity
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I don’t care who one may be.
If you can’t beat someone who was exposed to be not only a liar, but someone who has been defrauding the people since her college days, isn’t a good test for your popularity.
That is why I was surprised the R’s put up McMahan’s wife again. She couldn’t beat a lying sack of $h-1 Poseur who has been enhancing his resume for years.
Sources tell ABC News that President Obama plans to nominate Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for Secretary of State, ABCs Jake Tapper reports. But Kerry isnt the only Senator from the Bay State who stands to benefit from the appointment.
Sen. Scott Brown is widely expected to seek out his old job and he would be viewed as a strong contender, particularly in a special election to fill Kerrys vacancy. Republicans have a tendency to perform better in special elections, which draw many fewer voters.
But it would be at least six months assuming that Kerry is confirmed as Secretary of State, which he is expected to be- and assuming that Brown wins a special election before he could re-join the Senate.
Massachusetts law dictates that a special election cannot take place sooner than 145 days from the time an out-going Congress members resignation is effective, meaning that at least 145 days must pass between the date that member actually leaves their job and the date that the special occurs. At this juncture in time, even if Kerry is nominated tomorrow and has an incredibly quick confirmation at the beginning of the next Congress, the earliest conceivable date to reach this mark is in June, 2013.
So Patrick is too racist to appoint himself...
I agree. Brown should have won. He was the incumbent and had the experience, he had the name recognition, he had the popularity, he had a spectacularly well funded campaign, he had every imaginable advantage, but he lost to a novice who never even sat on a City Counsel. I think Republicans are mistaken if they believe Brown can come back from that embarrassing defeat and win against a Kennedy in Massachusetts.
Yes. Deval can appoint someone to serve the 90 days until an election. I am surprised he won’t appoint himself.
He should appoint Kerry’s wife. She makes a much better lush.
“On the positive side....shes buddy-buddy with the entire state Democratic Party leadership.”
That’s like saying the lice are friends with the fleas...
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