ted kennedy

The release of the “Going Rogue” cover reveals two things. First: Sarah Palin’s celebrity and magnetic attraction for the media are in no danger of ending. Second: It’s a cover we’ve seen before.
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Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) has named Paul Kirk, former Democratic National Committee chairman and aide to Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), to fill Kennedy’s vacant seat until a special election is held in January to fill the seat permanently. The pick comes one day after the Massachusetts legislature changed the law to allow Patrick to name [...]

The Massachusetts State Senate has approved a bill that would alter the state’s Senate succession law to allow Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) to appoint an interim replacement for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). The vote was 24-16, with 11 Democrats voting with the five GOP members against the bill. Scott Brown, one of the [...]

There’s no indication that it’s anything more than a mild fall, but Politico reports that ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched this morning to the home of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.).
At 91 years, Byrd is the oldest member of the Senate, and he has been in poor health for much of the year. Advocates of [...]

Joe Kennedy II, the eldest son of Robert F. Kennedy who became a six-term congressman from Massachusetts, has passed on a run for his uncle’s Senate seat, even after a poll portrayed him as the clear favorite. But Joe Kennedy, a Libertarian Party activist, has thrown his hat in the ring. His reasons for running:
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This Suffolk University poll brings a little reality back to the question of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) open Senate seat. Three main findings:
1) After weeks of silly speculation about the chances of Red Sox hero Curt Schilling, an independent who backed George W. Bush and John McCain for president, it seems that Schilling [...]

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
Most of the health care headlines today center on the reactions to President Obama’s speech to Congress last night. Thirteen percent of American households tuned in, and among those who watched, support for Obama’s health care plan jumped 14 percent. Most congressional Democrats responded favorably, with [...]

When I was reporting Monday’s story on the lack of Republican worry about a “Kennedy effect” on health care, I asked CNN for the breakdowns on what ended up being the final measure of Kennedy’s favorable/unfavorable ratings. They got me the numbers today, and they’re revealing. When Kennedy died, he was only narrowly popular with [...]

Some blunt talk in a local news interview from Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), tying in to my story from last night on how Republicans are trying to make Ted Kennedy’s death irrelevant to the health care fight:

At a town hall meeting last week in Florence, S.C., Sen. Jim DeMint acknowledged the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, then shot a warning flare. Democrats, he said, would have no reservations about using an outpouring of sympathy for the late senator to push for passage of a health care reform bill.