[neb52]

Does this really surprise anybody?

[VanDeKoik]

What is this, the House of Lords?

[Ezekiel]

he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family

Inherited titles, sigh. Royalty rules.

[stevio]

Nepotism at it’s finest, Kennedy by injection.

[wmileo]

That is typical of how these politicians operate. The Senate seat does not belong to the people of the State of Massachusetts. It belongs to them and they can give it to anyone they want.

[albie]

“Ted Kennedy: I’d like wife to take seat”

...actually, there’s room for 3 or 4 in Ted’s seat!

[Non-Sequitur]

She’s going to have to win it. Massachusetts doesn’t appoint replacements to senate seats.

[Former Proud Canadian]

State law requires a special election for the seat no sooner than 145 days and no later than 160 days after a vacancy occurs. The law bans an interim appointee.

[dawn53]

Not like it hasn’t happened before. Sonny Bono’s wife replaced him, of course that was through a special election, but she gained the nomination because of the relationship.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Howie Carr would definitely be a much better choice as a successor, not that it’s really going to happen. People in Massachusetts are also throwing around Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Rep. Ed Markey, and Rep. Patrick Kennedy of R.I. as possible successors. Whoever is going to succeed Ted Kennedy is going to be a very socialistic individual, so truly conservative R’s and conservatives in general shouldn’t waste their time and effort truly hoping for the best with this seat or with any other major political seat in Massachusetts.

[Jim Noble]

How about his horse?

[AppyPappy]

Which wife?

[firewalk]

better her than barney...

[Wolfie]

Damn, 46 years in the Senate. That about sums up the problem with our political system.

[indcons]

Why just his wife? Why not ensure family succesion by having Splash (the swimmer’s dog) take Jon Cary’s seat as well?

In any case, IF Hussein wins the elections, Jon Cary might well be nominated as Sec. of Defense (he served in Vietnam, you know).

[G.Mason]

Need further proof that these traitorous poltical hacks think they rule as if by the "divine right of kings"?

Time to think about removing these pompous asses, destroying all vestiges of "Camelot", and restore our republic.

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[Dahoser]

Don’t worry your Cape Cod Orcaness, the good leftists in Massachusetts will surely do your bidding as they’ve done so many times before.

[Kimmers]

If one is a lawyer this qualifies you to be a senator and of course an instant expert in everything. Now, just being a spouse of a senator qualifies one to b a senator. Wait a minute, she is also a lawyer so she is uber qualified !!!!!!

[The_Victor]

And the left calls the Bush family a “regime”.

[C210N]

She CANNOT become Sinator without following the proper procedures; come ON NOW Ted!

First, you have to formally abdicate your position and powers. Then, there is the crown ceremony, where your crown is lifted, with pomp and circumstance, carried over by the royal crown shifterer, and then lowered onto wifey's head.