Posted on 12/05/2009 7:32:28 PM PST by Libloather
Six Candidates Seek Ted Kennedy’s Seat
By JIM HICKEY
Islanders go the polls in the state primary on Tuesday to cast votes that will help choose Democratic and Republican candidates to run for the Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate left vacant in August when longtime Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — who held the seat for 46 years — died after a 14-month battle with brain cancer.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in every town.
The four Democratic candidates are Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Stephen Pagliuca, a managing partner of the Boston Celtics, U.S. Rep. Mike Capuano, and Alan Khazei, co-founder and former chief executive officer of City Year. The two Republican candidates are Scott P. Brow and Jack E. Robinson 3rd.
Two of the candidates have Island ties. Ms. Coakley is a seasonal visitor to West Tisbury, where her sister owns a home, and Mr. Robinson’s father, the late Jack E. Robinson 2nd, was an Oak Bluffs resident and owner of the Martha’s Vineyard Resort and Racquet Club. He died in December of 2006.
The special election to fill the late Senator Kennedy’s seat is on Jan. 19. Since August the seat has been held by interim appointee Paul Kirk, a longtime Kennedy aide who opted not to run for election to complete the term.
Senator Kennedy and his staff authored more than 300 bills that became law and was a champion of economic and social justice. Known as a liberal lion, he was also well known for reaching across the aisle to his Republican counterparts to find bipartisan compromise.
The four Democratic candidates vying for the Kennedy seat share many of his liberal views.
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Then you might as well vote for a Republican.
I’m surprised to learn that there are Republicans in MA. (Well, I guess I know about one.......)
Do any of them drive pontoon cars?
There is one fire the waters of Chappaquiddick won’t quench. It burns forever.
it’s LEGAL to be a Republican in MA??? I only met ONE and that was in NYC.
The four Democratic candidates vying for the Kennedy seat share many of his liberal views.
Not technically but I get away with it because I tell people I have a metal plate in my head.
That Scott Brown is looking pretty strong and I wouldn't be surprised if he pulls it out. The Democratic field is looking weak and pathetic.
” I mean, can you really replace a wonder like Teddy? “
Oh, just wait.
Ded Kennedy (D-HELL) is going to be a tough act to follow...public drunkenness, rape, murder...all the Dems greatest hits...
Planning the Dem roster for the next election;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km7WD8wkb1c
Since Nobama won’t showw BC ... from the DEMS in MA...we should at least see their CRIMINAL RECORD... can’t vote for one without it!
Come on Northampton!
How to win the coveted Nobel Prize...
Is Ted Kennedy still dead?
Those are some mighty big "Depends" to fill.
These four Dem candidates are all bending over backwards to see who can be the biggest leftist moonbat. It’s really rather amusing, yet pathetic at the same time.
That is an unbelievably weak field. Vicki Reggie Kennedy could have won that with the stroke of a pen. People in MA won’t know what to do AGAIN!
EMK represented the best MA had to offer, and that is not a quote from John Quincy Adams.
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