Could they be afraid of Kennedy?
My sense is that Kerry is no longer of use to Kennedy. Kennedy has one last shot to control the presidential strings, and it won't be through Kerry. (Nor through Hillary.)
That could signal that Kerry is throw-away in Mass. It could be just the time to unload on him in his own state. Knock him so far out of the ring that he never gets back in.
Rush and the "right wing" media are in it for the $$$
That's all they care about.
Unlike us who get no pay at all.
We have nothing to lose.