Break out the Champagne! From CNN: Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, a 16-term Democrat, will announce Monday he does not intend to seek re-election in 2012, according to a statement from Frank’s office. Good riddance, don’t let the door hit you on the way out Congressman. H/T: Weasel Zippers. Update: Matt Mackowiak tweets: With Rep. Barney […]
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Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown Asks to be Seated Immediately
From The Washington Times: Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown on Wednesday demanded to be seated immediately, saying that while he is scheduled to be sworn in Feb. 11, “there are a number of votes scheduled prior to that date.” In a letter from his lawyers to Gov. Deval Patrick and Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, […]
Massachusetts Miracle: Scott Brown Wins!
I have to confess I haven’t paid close attention to the special election in Massachusetts to fill the senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy… Frankly, I didn’t think there was even the slightest chance that a Republican could win there, in fact republicans haven’t won Senate race in the Bay State since the 1970s! […]
Scott Brown: It’s the People’s Seat
Damn right… It is the people’s seat… There a reason why the race to fill the senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts is apparently to close to call. This video clip from last night’s debate between Republican Scott Brown, Democrat Martha Coakley and Independent Joe Kennedy demonstrates it pretty clearly. It’s the […]
Boston Herald: Democrats Would Stall Brown to Pass Health Care Reform
There’s and editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal titled “The 60th Senate Vote“. It details what’s at stake in the January 19, special election to fill the Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy… in short, should Republican Scott Brown win he be the 41st Republican in the Senate and would deny Democrats […]
Senate’s Liberal Lion Passes, Ted Kennedy Was 77
Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away Tuesday night of complications related to a cancerous brain tumor: U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died at age 77, his family said. “Edward M. […]
Ted Kennedy: Hey Lets Change Elections Rules… Again.
You have to admire the chutzpa of Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy… In 2004 when it seemed John Kerry would win the presidential election he urged the Massachusetts legislature to change the state’s succession law to require a special election. Kennedy pushed for that change for purely partisan reasons, he didn’t want the then Republican Governor, […]