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It Took Too Long
It took too long, but we've finally won the first battle in the fight of Ted Kennedy's life.
A matter of right, not a privilege, indeed.
The backstory on seating the newest Senator
Questions about how long it could take to certify Brown's election? Or whether there could be a delay in the Senate in seating him?
Here's a pocket guide to Question One, from Marc Ambinder:
Q. Can Democrats really delay seating Brown?
A. Probably. There...
MA-Sen: Reaction Swift to Kirk, Who Will Join Senate Tomorrow
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick made the decision to appoint Paul Kirk to the U.S. Senate scant hours ago, and the Democrats in the Senate are already setting the table to welcome him into the chamber:
Democrats are wasting no time in trying to get that 60th vote seated again.
Paul Kirk...
MA-Sen: Patrick To Give Nod To Kirk For Senate Post
After four votes in the legislature, several delays, and the remaining possibility of a pending legal challenge, it appears that the state of Massachusetts is about to get full representation in the Senate again:
Governor Deval Patrick will announce on Thursday that Paul G. Kirk, Jr. will be named as the temporary...
MA-Sen: State Senate Approves Interim Appointment
After a couple of days of stall tactics from legislative Republicans, the second hurdle in getting full representation in the Senate for Massachusetts has been cleared:
The state Senate in Massachusetts has approved a bill giving Gov. Deval Patrick -- a Democrat, as was Kennedy -- the power to name a successor...
Lynch Won’t Run For Kennedy’s Seat
The field of candidates to take Ted Kennedy's senate seat continues its ebb and flow:
After lagging support from unions - one of his vital voter bases - U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) said today he wouldn’t run for the late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s seat.
The exit of...
Mike Huckabee is right, and at the same time …
... so full of crap that his eyes are turning brown.
First, being right (although for the wrong reasons):
"I’m sad to report today a death of a good friend to all of us.....Journalism," Huckabee wrote in a post on his political action committee’s blog. "The once esteemed 4th estate of...
MA-Sen: The Democratic Field
Massachusetts is a heavily Democratic state -- entirely so at the federal level in recent years -- that has had the same two US senators since 1985. You might say the bench of elected Democrats looking for ways to move up has gotten rather deep, and, in 2004, when it looked possible that John Kerry...
Ted Kennedy’s Letter to the President
Below is the text of the letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy referenced by the President in tonight’s address to a Joint Session of Congress.
| May 12, 2009 Dear Mr. President, I wanted to write a few final words to you to express my gratitude for your repeated... Follow seriouslypolitics on Twitter!
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