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Home Front: Politix
Hatch, Dodd back Vicki Kennedy appointment
2009-08-31
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said on Sunday that Vicki Kennedy should be considered to replace her late husband in the Senate.
How about having the election that state law requires?
Oughtn't the Party show a little consideration for the grieving widow? A year is customary, according to Miss Manners.
Hatch, one of Kennedy's closest friends in the Senate, said on CNN's State of the Union that Vicki Kennedy is well-qualified to serve, even if only until a January special election to fill the rest of the term. "I think Vicki ought to be considered. She's a very brilliant lawyer. She's a very solid individual. She certainly made a difference in Ted's life, let me tell you. And I have nothing but great respect for her," Hatch said on CNN.

Another close friend of Kennedy, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), acknowledged that Vicki Kennedy has not expressed much interest in filling in for her husband, but said he would support her next step.

"Whatever Vicki wants to do, I'm in her corner," Dodd said on State of the Union. "She knows that. And she's expressed to me her own sort of reluctance to [fill in for Kennedy], but she could change her mind. If she did, I'm for it. I think she'd be great."

"She brings talent and ability to it, and to fill that spot I think is something the people of Massachusetts would welcome. We could certainly use her in the Senate," Dodd said. "But I leave that up to her. She's got a lot on her mind right now, and frankly, I'll leave it up to her decision-making process."
"Her process is steady, even if her emotions are not, at the moment." They'd best be careful, or they're going to create the first Kennedy Republican, just as exceedingly high pressure turns carbon into diamond.
Massachusetts lawmakers, spurred by a letter from Kennedy himself, have begun discussing new legislation that would allow Gov. Deval Patrick (D) to appoint a temporary replacement to serve until an election. State law passed when Gov. Mitt Romney (R) was in office took the power to appoint a replacement away from the Republican when Sen. John Kerry (D) appeared in strong position to win the presidency.
Posted by:Steve White

#15  IMHO the country would be better off with less LAWYERS in political office.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-08-31 23:49  

#14  3dc, I take it you have never heard the saying about fishing with Mormons then?

(If you are going fishing with two Mormons, bring a sixpack for yourself. If you are going with one Mormon, better bring a case. Maybe two.)

Flights out of Salt Lake were notorious back in the day for, um, higher than average alcohol consumption by the passengers. I believe they still are. Go figure....
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-08-31 21:17  

#13  @#9 hehehe.
Posted by: GirlThursday   2009-08-31 17:33  

#12  Certainly Senator John F. Kerry has done nothing for his voters, either in terms of prestige -- beyond losing the 2004 presidential race

Losing the 2004 Presidential race is certainly one of John Kerry's most notable achievements, but we should also honor him for the snark and political ridicule he has inspired - his magic hat, his search for Marlon Brando up around the Cambodian border, "HALP US JON CARRY - WE R STUCK HERE IN IRAK" and, of course,the savage war wounds for which he was awarded the Purple Heart, but never needed to be hospitalized.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-08-31 17:26  

#11  The Kennedys got stuff for Massachusetts every since JFK was elected to the senate, plus the prestige of having their very own "royal family". The younger Kennedys will not be able to deliver in the same way because they haven't the seniority. Nor, by all accounts, do they have the charisma to carry off the very idea of being royalty. Certainly Senator John F. Kerry has done nothing for his voters, either in terms of prestige -- beyond losing the 2004 presidential race -- or in terms of delivering goodies, and it isn't likely he has the ability to start doing so now that his cousin has left the scene.

With luck the next decade will see the fading of the Kennedys from public politics.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-08-31 14:48  

#10  In addition to Dodo's comment, it begs the question, when did the Mass. Senate become the House of Lords? Wasn't this the kind of crap that our forefathers were trying to prevent when they came up with the model of government we have today?

There was some talk about getting rid of hereditary seating in the House of Lords in England. This story was from 6/12/2009 Brown to end self-regulation, target Lords

John Adams must be spinning in his coffin in Quincy.
Posted by: Big Glerong4521   2009-08-31 13:58  

#9  Hatch and Dodd also requested a name change to Grand Duchy of Massachusetts.
Posted by: ed   2009-08-31 13:32  

#8  Maybe they should make Ted 'Great Leader' and his wife/son successor 'Dear Leader'....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-08-31 13:08  

#7  IMHO the country would be better off with less Kennedy's in political office.

Fixed it.
Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007   2009-08-31 12:43  

#6  So one Massachussetts senate seat is hereditary.
Posted by: DoDo   2009-08-31 11:45  

#5  This is from the Onion, right? Please?
Posted by: Chunky Ebbamble5227   2009-08-31 11:18  

#4  IMHO the country would be better off with less Kennedy's in political office.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2009-08-31 08:48  

#3  She's a very brilliant lawyer.

A bug, not a feature.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-08-31 07:27  

#2  Oligarchy?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-08-31 04:34  

#1  So the Mormon Hatch is a buddy of Teds?
Drinking, cocaine and wenching one?
Something doesn't compute here....

Dodd I can see ...
Posted by: 3dc   2009-08-31 01:25  

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