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cali (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-27-10 07:46 AMTHE BITTER OLD VERMONTESE CALI PRIMITIVE, #13 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009Original message A Kennedy considers running for House seat With speculation mounting that US Representative William D. Delahunt will not seek reelection, Joseph P. Kennedy III, son of the former congressman and great-grandson of the Kennedy family patriarch, is eyeing a run to succeed him in the 10th Congressional District, senior Democratic sources say.The sources say that Kennedy, a 29-year-old assistant district attorney on the Cape considered by many to be the most promising member of his generation to extend the family’s political legacy, is not close to making any decisions and will not speak publicly until Delahunt announces whether he will seek another term. The discussions are taking place very privately among Kennedy family confidants.As Delahunt ponders his future and Democratic hopefuls eye a bid for his seat, Kennedy’s potential candidacy is weighing heavily on the field that is starting to take shape.“If he runs, he is immediately the front-runner,’’ said state Senator Robert O’Leary, Democrat of Barnstable, who said he would run for the seat if Delahunt retires. “From my perspective if Kennedy enters the race, it obviously changes the dynamic and makes it more difficult. But it would not change my decision.’’One potential hurdle, however, is the political climate in the state, and especially in that district, which went heavily for Republican Scott Brown in last month’s Senate election. If Kennedy were to run and win his party’s nomination, he could risk become a lightning rod for the newly energized conservatives from around the country who poured millions of dollars into Brown’s coffers. With no member of the family ever losing an election in Massachusetts, he would be putting the Kennedy legacy on the line.http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles...
Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-27-10 07:55 AMResponse to Original message 1. If he runs, he will win... I cannot fathom the people of Massachusetts turning their collective backs on the Kennedy family.
Craftsman (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-27-10 08:42 AMTHE SEARS, ROEBUCK PRIMITIVEResponse to Reply #1 3. They did with Brown.
TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-27-10 08:20 AMResponse to Original message 2. Delahunt won't run. I hope Kennedy does. Delahunt sees the writing on the wall.The Amy Bishop case will finish him off politically anyway.
I can't understand the fascination with the Kennedys. It's beginning to border on ridiculous.
