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Ted Kennedy to Be Posthumously Reelected

By W. James Antle, III on 12.8.09 @ 11:05AM

Today Massachusetts is voting on who will replace the late Ted Kennedy in the Senate. Attorney General Martha Coakley is the heavy favorite to win the Democratic primary, with Rep. Michael Capuano -- the man who holds Joe Kennedy's old House seat -- likely to come in second. Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca spent a lot of his own money (about $9 million) for no obvious impact and City Year co-founder Alan Khazei managed to wangle the Boston Globe endorsement.

Republicans will nominate state Sen. Scott Brown, a solid candidate who will put up a valiant effort before almost certainly losing on Jan. 19 to the winner of the Democratic primary. All four candidates in the Democratic race are boringly liberal and will keep Ted Kennedy's voting record alive in the Senate for the remainder of his term.

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Derek Leaberry| 12.8.09 @ 12:09PM

Andy Card might have made a good race of it had he not been George W. Bush's Chief of Staff for over five years. Massachusetts voters will forgive anything from manslaughter to male prostitution but not any attachment to the Dubya regime.

tonypal| 12.8.09 @ 1:37PM

Massachusetts is boringly liberal.

Tim| 12.8.09 @ 2:44PM

Massachusetts is horrible. And Conservatives are starting to give up.

Originally from Dorchester| 12.8.09 @ 5:07PM

The Massachusetts GOP should be declared a federal disaster area.

In the upcoming gubernatorial race, the favored GOP candidate, Charlie Baker, another RINO who named an openly gay state senator, Richard Tisei, as his running mate. Tisei has said that Romney was a disaster and Ted Kennedy a wonderful Senator.