Monday, August 31, 2009

Dates are set

Gov. Deval Patrick announced today that the primary election to replace Sen. Edward Kennedy will be December 8 with the regular election being January 19. Patrick is still trying to change the law to allow him to appoint an interim senator (to serve until January 19).

Of course, until Kennedy himself demanded that the law be changed in 2004, Patrick would have been able to appoint a successor today. But, the Democrats, at Kennedy's command, changed the law so that former Gov. Mitt Romney could not appoint a successor to Sen. John Kerry had he been elected president.

State Sen. Thomas Kennedy (no relation) is the chair of the Senate election laws committee and told the Globe, "One of the senator's last public acts was a request that the Legislature explore ways to amend state law so the Commonwealth will not lose a voice in the United States Senate pending the filling of the seat with a special election.''

But if Ted Kennedy was so concerned about the state not "losing a voice" why did he push for a change in the law in 2004? BECAUSE OF POLITICS. PURE PARTISAN POLITICS.
Posted by at 5:38 PM

1 comments:

Amusedbutinformedobserver@gmail.com said...

what a moron

The people of Massachusetts last elected a Republican to the United States Senate in 1972, and even th3en it was to elect liberal Republican Ed Brooke over conservative Democrat John Droney.

The people of Massachusetts on ten consecutive elections, picked Democrats to represent them in the United States Senate.

The state has a history of electing Republican governors, as a balance on a state legislature which has been controlled by Democrats for 51 tears,

However, because Republicans are elected to manage the state does not mean that the people of the state agree with republicans on national issues. To the contrary, the electoral history of the state makes it clear that the people of Massachusetts do not agree with the Republican natinal agenda.

It is ironic indeed that the right wing wackos label as partisan politics the current attempts to change the law, when a few years ago they sat in eager anticipation of a Repulican governor being given the power to thwart the will of the people by appointing a Senator whose views on national affairs were demonstrably out of touch with the people.

September 3, 2009 6:40 AM

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