Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for His Senate Seat


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Dungeon of Political and Religious Discussion >> Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for His Senate Seat Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for His S... - 8/27/2009 10:28:33 PM   
Brain


Posts: 3792
Joined: 2/14/2007
Status: offline 		Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for His Senate Seat

The death of Sen. Ted Kennedy is likely to set off a political frenzy in his home state -- with a generation's worth of ambitious politicians expected to seriously consider pursuing the first open Senate seat in Massachusetts in a quarter-century. The race in the heavily Democratic state will be a five-month sprint that may pit some of the Bay State's most prominent politicians and political families against each other. Meanwhile, state lawmakers are seriously considering complying with the senator's dying wish: that his seat be filled in the interim by a Democrat, who won't run for election, to fill out the rest of his Senate term, which runs through 2012. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said on "Good Morning America" today that allowing him to make an interim appointment is a "reasonable request."
Possible candidates for the seat include Kennedy's widow, Vicki; the senator's nephew, Joe; Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., whose late husband once held Massachusetts' other Senate seat; the state's popular attorney general, Martha Coakley; and several veteran House members who've been waiting years or even decades for a chance to advance politically.

Read Full Story at abcnews.go.com
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8215573
Profile   Post #: 1
RE: Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for H... - 8/27/2009 10:39:31 PM   
Brain


Posts: 3792
Joined: 2/14/2007
Status: offline 		Push Grows for Fast Choice on a Successor to Kennedy
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Gov. Deval Patrick came out strongly in favor of swiftly naming an interim successor and other top state lawmakers said they were reluctant to leave the seat vacant for months.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/us/politics/27succeed.html?th&emc=th

(in reply to Brain)
Profile   Post #: 2
RE: Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for H... - 8/27/2009 10:48:57 PM   
Termyn8or


Posts: 18681
Joined: 11/12/2005
Status: offline 		FR

Let's just hope the governor doesn't pull a Blagojevich(sp) and try to put the seat on eBay or something.

T

(in reply to Brain)
Profile   Post #: 3
RE: Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for H... - 8/28/2009 6:25:43 AM   
DomImus


Posts: 2004
Joined: 3/17/2009
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Brain

Push Grows for Fast Choice on a Successor to Kennedy
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Gov. Deval Patrick came out strongly in favor of swiftly naming an interim successor and other top state lawmakers said they were reluctant to leave the seat vacant for months.


Many of the same worthless lying SOBs that voted to leave the seat vacant for months in the event of a Kerry presidency. The saddest part of it all is the people of Massachusetts are such lemmings. 


_____________________________

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." Sidney J. harris

(in reply to Brain)
Profile   Post #: 4
RE: Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for H... - 8/28/2009 6:40:32 AM   
mnottertail


Posts: 60698
Joined: 11/3/2004
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: DomImus


Many of the same worthless lying SOBs that voted to leave the seat vacant for months in the event of a Kerry presidency. The saddest part of it all is the people of Massachusetts are such lemmings. 



What would (whatever is the opposite of worthless lying lemmings is) do?

Ron


_____________________________

Have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two? Judges 5:30


(in reply to DomImus)
Profile   Post #: 5
RE: Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for H... - 8/28/2009 7:27:28 AM   
chiaThePet


Posts: 2694
Joined: 2/4/2007
Status: offline
Funny that Teddy, hailing from a place called Massa........chusetts.

Why I'm carpetbagging my way there right now, hitched a ride with Hillary I did.

Readies my best bossstonian accent;

"The perks go on, the pause endures, the pope still lives, and the cream shall never hit you in the eye.

How's that?

chia* (the pet)



_____________________________

Love is a many splendid sting.

You can stick me in the corner, but I'll probably just end up coloring on the walls.

(in reply to Brain)
Profile   Post #: 6
RE: Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for H... - 8/29/2009 3:12:29 PM   
FangsNfeet


Posts: 3758
Joined: 12/3/2004
Status: offline 		This is the first time since 1953 that a Kennedy has not been in the senate.

Since 1984, many democrates have been wanting to be a senator in Mass. Kerry and Kennedy have always dominated the two seats.

The funny thing about Teds death is that it's screwing over  the democrats. When it was believed that Kerry might actually become the next president, the democrats got a law passed that the Govenor of Mass could not appoint a pro tem senator. Instead, a time period of 4 to 6 months must pass for an actual election to take place. Well, with Ted gone, the democrats now only have 59 senators. Teds support and vote was very crucial for Obama's health care reform bill. Their plan is now biting demorates in the arse and they are trying to change the law back in hopes of pushing health care reform through.

Making the seat avalible NOW and seeing a long wating list of senator wanna bes is definetly going to be a Royal Rumble of politicans. 

_____________________________

I'm Godzilla and you're Japan

(in reply to Brain)
Profile   Post #: 7
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Dungeon of Political and Religious Discussion >> Kennedy's Death Is Likely to Spark a Scramble for His Senate Seat Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.064