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Re: Kennedy Seat
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Jim offers a good analysis of why Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat is unlikely to fall into Republican hands unless a “novelty candidate” like Curt Schilling runs. Of course, as Jim says, Schilling would have to register as a Republican first (to be called a Republican, but not necessarily to gain their support), “finesse the social issues” and “aggressively painting the Democratic nominee as too far to the left.”

Over the weekend Schilling attempted to explain “What I Believe” at his 38Pitches.com blog, where he did appear to finesse the abortion and gay marriage issues, but whether he has the stomach to go after an opponent is questionable. Some excerpts:

On the Bush Administration: “it appears to me that as an Independent, which I will always be, I’ve always tried to vote for the right team more so than the right person. I believed in Dick Cheney, I believed in Colin Powell, I believed in Condoleezza Rice. I voted as much, if not more, for the team President Bush had assembled as I ever did for the man. It’s the reason I voted for his father, it’s the reason I voted for Bill Clinton.”

It’s not a given that he would register Republican, as some think.

A mixed bag on spending, taxes and corruption: “Taxes? Sure I’ll pay them, regardless of the number. Would I prefer lower taxes? Sure, who wouldn’t? But I’ll pay, whatever they are, because that’s the cost of being able to live in this country and I’ve never had a problem with that.

Having said that I live in a state where I can’t drive 1/2 of a mile without a torn up road, or on a major highway without paying a toll, a large toll. How in the hell is this state broke? How in the hell has a state with supposedly as intelligent a voter base as Massachusetts allowed itself to be run into the ground by entrenched and often times corrupt ‘me first’ politicians? How did that happen? All the way down to the community level our papers are littered with stories, daily, of unethical behavior, scandal and outright criminal acts, BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS!.” (and I love this comment: “I’m not even close to a Rhodes Scholar or Ivy League graduate, but I also know I’m watching many people with those exact credentials run this state, and this country, into the ground.”)

Finessing the social issues with a states-rights argument: “I’m pro-life (with exception to rape, incest or terminal consequences to mom or child during birth) and against Gay marriage. However, let me be very clear on both of those issues. Those issues are so far beyond the scope or responsibility of one person to legislate it’s laughable. The state you reside in should be the body that determines BOTH of those laws. Because I’m pro-life should have nothing to do with your belief or your opinion. The constituents you work for should be the people that decide those laws in the state they live in, period.”

Guns: “I am absolutely for the 2nd Amendment. But I also think this country has become so beholden to special interest and lobbyists that we have completely sacrificed the safety and well being of the individual American citizen. Why should our Police Officers have to worry about automatic weapons? What logically thinking human would think it’s ok that a ‘citizen’ to carry a weapon capable of discharging 1000 rounds a minute? I understand one thing, that’s big business, and big business is what we’ve allowed to take over in far too many places and in far to many areas that the people need to take back.”

Term limits, at least for himself: “To be clear I have no ambition to enter into a life of politics, or to be a career politician, none. I am flattered that some people felt I’d be the right person for this. None of that means I would, or will, attempt to run for the vacant Senator’s seat here in Massachusetts. Were I to even consider this it would be for 1 term and 1 term only, and then only to do everything in my power to rid this state of the tired an unethical people that have run it into the ground and help it begin the healing process, and once again become a thriving state to live and work in.”

Jim does call him a novelty candidate and I agree he would be, but he says he’s seriously considering it. If he runs, I believe he would be formidable and whether he’s a registered Republican or not, the party will likely rush to support him.

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