[kjo]

Given Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and this story, Massachusetts must be a very strange state.

[raccoonradio]

Ted up for re-election this year and most likely will be re-elected. There are the moonbats, and then there are those who say, "He's getting old and I'm not crazy about him but he has seniority and that might work for us..." And then those who are opposed to him, but we're a minority. (if only GOP had strong candidate...Mitt Romney ran unsuccessfully against him, '94 I think).

Kerry has to choose between White House run and Senate re-election in '08, barring a change in the law that would allow him to run for both. Most likely he'll hope for a Hillary meltdown; if not, he may run in a few primaries, get whooped by Shrillary, then withdraw and concentrate on running for Senate instead.

Yes, Mass. used to have a GOP senator at one time! Ed Brooke. Elected in '66 and '72; defeated in '78 by Paul Tsongas (who left in '84, opening the way for Kerry to grab the seat.)