U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ready to step down immeadiately,

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Yeah so what's the consensus... special election or we just ask them in Mass to appoint Consolemaster to the US Senate?

Interesting. Can't hurt.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I say good riddance to TK, too. The sooner, the better. And, no changes to the law. Let the people decide, even tho most of them have been brain damaged to the point where they kept electing that meathead to the Senate.

Edited August 20, 2009 by Sofiyya

[luckytxn 2,264]

Doesn't hurt for him to ask

[natty bumppo 297]

Doesn't hurt for him to ask

is he above the law? wants "special" treatment?

[Anh map 2,098]

Good riddance! This guy is a disgusting idiot pig, he killed that woman riding in his car while he was drunk and then he had his family cover it up, just a killer, how people forget the history of this guy so soon! He has been living a charmed life anyway, should have been in prison all these years instead of US Senate stealing the taxpayers blind!

Ailing Ted Kennedy asks for speedy replacement process

In a stunning admission of his frailty, an ailing U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is asking the governor and legislative leaders to rewrite state law to allow for a temporary gubernatorial appointment to his seat.

Kennedy’s request comes in the midst of the heated national debate over health care, which has been the senior senator’s focus in Congress for decades. He does not address his battle with brain cancer in a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick and state leaders, but Kennedy does signal his struggle could be nearing an end.

“I am now writing to you about an issue that concerns me deeply - the continuity of representation for Massachusetts should a Senate vacancy occur,” Kennedy wrote in July 2 letter to Patrick, state Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.

In the letter, Kennedy asks that legislation be passed to change a law adopted in 2004 to provide for a special election to choose a new U.S. Senator in the event of a vacancy.

The law was pushed through during the 2004 presidential election because state lawmakers wanted to prevent then-Gov. Mitt Romney from appointing a successor for U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, who was the Democratic presidential nominee.

Click here to see a copy of Sen. Kennedy’s letter.

Under the 2004 law, a special election is mandated within 145 to 160 days after the Senate seat becomes vacant.

“I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their Senator,” Kennedy wrote. “I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election.”

Kennedy also asks that the interim post be filled by someone who makes “an explicit personal commitment” not to run in the special election for the vacant seat.

Kennedy, 77, makes no mention of his medical condition. Last week, he skipped funeral services for his older sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, but did attend a private family wake in her honor.

Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008. He was initially treated with surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. But despite his battle with cancer, Kennedy has attempted to keep working.

"For almost 47 years, I have had the privilege of representing the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate," Kennedy wrote in his letter. He added that serving in the Senate "has been — and still is — the greatest honor of my public life."

Despite speculation that Kennedy’s wife, Vicki, is interested in the seat, family aides have said she is not interested in replacing her husband either temporarily or permanently. One of Kennedy’s nephews, former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, has also been described as interested, along with a number of the state’s remaining congressional members and local lawmakers.

Amid similar speculation about a Senate vacancy last fall, when Kerry was under consideration for secretary of state, Murray was adamant that the law not be changed. After recent inquiries from The Associated Press, aides to both Murray and DeLeo said they are unlikely to back any change.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politi...&position=2

Ignorant post.

Ask the Kopechne family how ignorant the statement is.....

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Doesn't hurt for him to ask

is he above the law? wants "special" treatment?

I always thought that Teddo was to the Kennedy's like Freddo was to the Corleon brothers. Lucky Teddo didn't go fishing much.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Doesn't hurt for him to ask

is he above the law? wants "special" treatment?

Apparently he was.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Good riddance! This guy is a disgusting idiot pig, he killed that woman riding in his car while he was drunk and then he had his family cover it up, just a killer, how people forget the history of this guy so soon! He has been living a charmed life anyway, should have been in prison all these years instead of US Senate stealing the taxpayers blind!

Ailing Ted Kennedy asks for speedy replacement process

In a stunning admission of his frailty, an ailing U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is asking the governor and legislative leaders to rewrite state law to allow for a temporary gubernatorial appointment to his seat.

Kennedy's request comes in the midst of the heated national debate over health care, which has been the senior senator's focus in Congress for decades. He does not address his battle with brain cancer in a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick and state leaders, but Kennedy does signal his struggle could be nearing an end.

"I am now writing to you about an issue that concerns me deeply - the continuity of representation for Massachusetts should a Senate vacancy occur," Kennedy wrote in July 2 letter to Patrick, state Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.

In the letter, Kennedy asks that legislation be passed to change a law adopted in 2004 to provide for a special election to choose a new U.S. Senator in the event of a vacancy.

The law was pushed through during the 2004 presidential election because state lawmakers wanted to prevent then-Gov. Mitt Romney from appointing a successor for U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, who was the Democratic presidential nominee.

Click here to see a copy of Sen. Kennedy's letter.

Under the 2004 law, a special election is mandated within 145 to 160 days after the Senate seat becomes vacant.

"I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their Senator," Kennedy wrote. "I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election."

Kennedy also asks that the interim post be filled by someone who makes "an explicit personal commitment" not to run in the special election for the vacant seat.

Kennedy, 77, makes no mention of his medical condition. Last week, he skipped funeral services for his older sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, but did attend a private family wake in her honor.

Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008. He was initially treated with surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. But despite his battle with cancer, Kennedy has attempted to keep working.

"For almost 47 years, I have had the privilege of representing the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate," Kennedy wrote in his letter. He added that serving in the Senate "has been — and still is — the greatest honor of my public life."

Despite speculation that Kennedy's wife, Vicki, is interested in the seat, family aides have said she is not interested in replacing her husband either temporarily or permanently. One of Kennedy's nephews, former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, has also been described as interested, along with a number of the state's remaining congressional members and local lawmakers.

Amid similar speculation about a Senate vacancy last fall, when Kerry was under consideration for secretary of state, Murray was adamant that the law not be changed. After recent inquiries from The Associated Press, aides to both Murray and DeLeo said they are unlikely to back any change.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politi...&position=2

Ignorant post.

Ask the Kopechne family how ignorant the statement is.....

The Right Wingers love to condemn Ted Kennedy over that incident without anyone except Ted knowing exactly what happened.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Good riddance! This guy is a disgusting idiot pig, he killed that woman riding in his car while he was drunk and then he had his family cover it up, just a killer, how people forget the history of this guy so soon! He has been living a charmed life anyway, should have been in prison all these years instead of US Senate stealing the taxpayers blind!

Ailing Ted Kennedy asks for speedy replacement process

In a stunning admission of his frailty, an ailing U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is asking the governor and legislative leaders to rewrite state law to allow for a temporary gubernatorial appointment to his seat.

Kennedy's request comes in the midst of the heated national debate over health care, which has been the senior senator's focus in Congress for decades. He does not address his battle with brain cancer in a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick and state leaders, but Kennedy does signal his struggle could be nearing an end.

"I am now writing to you about an issue that concerns me deeply - the continuity of representation for Massachusetts should a Senate vacancy occur," Kennedy wrote in July 2 letter to Patrick, state Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.

In the letter, Kennedy asks that legislation be passed to change a law adopted in 2004 to provide for a special election to choose a new U.S. Senator in the event of a vacancy.

The law was pushed through during the 2004 presidential election because state lawmakers wanted to prevent then-Gov. Mitt Romney from appointing a successor for U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, who was the Democratic presidential nominee.

Click here to see a copy of Sen. Kennedy's letter.

Under the 2004 law, a special election is mandated within 145 to 160 days after the Senate seat becomes vacant.

"I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their Senator," Kennedy wrote. "I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election."

Kennedy also asks that the interim post be filled by someone who makes "an explicit personal commitment" not to run in the special election for the vacant seat.

Kennedy, 77, makes no mention of his medical condition. Last week, he skipped funeral services for his older sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, but did attend a private family wake in her honor.

Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008. He was initially treated with surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. But despite his battle with cancer, Kennedy has attempted to keep working.

"For almost 47 years, I have had the privilege of representing the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate," Kennedy wrote in his letter. He added that serving in the Senate "has been — and still is — the greatest honor of my public life."

Despite speculation that Kennedy's wife, Vicki, is interested in the seat, family aides have said she is not interested in replacing her husband either temporarily or permanently. One of Kennedy's nephews, former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, has also been described as interested, along with a number of the state's remaining congressional members and local lawmakers.

Amid similar speculation about a Senate vacancy last fall, when Kerry was under consideration for secretary of state, Murray was adamant that the law not be changed. After recent inquiries from The Associated Press, aides to both Murray and DeLeo said they are unlikely to back any change.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politi...&position=2

Ignorant post.

Ask the Kopechne family how ignorant the statement is.....

The Right Wingers love to condemn Ted Kennedy over that incident without anyone except Ted knowing exactly what happened.

Or, O.J.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Good riddance! This guy is a disgusting idiot pig, he killed that woman riding in his car while he was drunk and then he had his family cover it up, just a killer, how people forget the history of this guy so soon! He has been living a charmed life anyway, should have been in prison all these years instead of US Senate stealing the taxpayers blind!

Ailing Ted Kennedy asks for speedy replacement process

In a stunning admission of his frailty, an ailing U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is asking the governor and legislative leaders to rewrite state law to allow for a temporary gubernatorial appointment to his seat.

Kennedy's request comes in the midst of the heated national debate over health care, which has been the senior senator's focus in Congress for decades. He does not address his battle with brain cancer in a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick and state leaders, but Kennedy does signal his struggle could be nearing an end.

"I am now writing to you about an issue that concerns me deeply - the continuity of representation for Massachusetts should a Senate vacancy occur," Kennedy wrote in July 2 letter to Patrick, state Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.

In the letter, Kennedy asks that legislation be passed to change a law adopted in 2004 to provide for a special election to choose a new U.S. Senator in the event of a vacancy.

The law was pushed through during the 2004 presidential election because state lawmakers wanted to prevent then-Gov. Mitt Romney from appointing a successor for U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, who was the Democratic presidential nominee.

Click here to see a copy of Sen. Kennedy's letter.

Under the 2004 law, a special election is mandated within 145 to 160 days after the Senate seat becomes vacant.

"I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their Senator," Kennedy wrote. "I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election."

Kennedy also asks that the interim post be filled by someone who makes "an explicit personal commitment" not to run in the special election for the vacant seat.

Kennedy, 77, makes no mention of his medical condition. Last week, he skipped funeral services for his older sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, but did attend a private family wake in her honor.

Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008. He was initially treated with surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. But despite his battle with cancer, Kennedy has attempted to keep working.

"For almost 47 years, I have had the privilege of representing the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate," Kennedy wrote in his letter. He added that serving in the Senate "has been — and still is — the greatest honor of my public life."

Despite speculation that Kennedy's wife, Vicki, is interested in the seat, family aides have said she is not interested in replacing her husband either temporarily or permanently. One of Kennedy's nephews, former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, has also been described as interested, along with a number of the state's remaining congressional members and local lawmakers.

Amid similar speculation about a Senate vacancy last fall, when Kerry was under consideration for secretary of state, Murray was adamant that the law not be changed. After recent inquiries from The Associated Press, aides to both Murray and DeLeo said they are unlikely to back any change.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politi...&position=2

Ignorant post.

Ask the Kopechne family how ignorant the statement is.....

The Right Wingers love to condemn Ted Kennedy over that incident without anyone except Ted knowing exactly what happened.

Left wingers like to think that nothing happened.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I say givem a shot of that Obama care!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Left wingers like to think that nothing happened.

Right Wingers like to speculate on what happened and then condemn the man based on that speculation for 40 years. The poor man has brain cancer and still Right Wingers want to hang him based on sensational assumptions. Thank God our justice system doesn't work that way.

Good riddance! This guy is a disgusting idiot pig, he killed that woman riding in his car while he was drunk and then he had his family cover it up, just a killer, how people forget the history of this guy so soon! He has been living a charmed life anyway, should have been in prison all these years instead of US Senate stealing the taxpayers blind!

Ailing Ted Kennedy asks for speedy replacement process

In a stunning admission of his frailty, an ailing U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is asking the governor and legislative leaders to rewrite state law to allow for a temporary gubernatorial appointment to his seat.

Kennedy's request comes in the midst of the heated national debate over health care, which has been the senior senator's focus in Congress for decades. He does not address his battle with brain cancer in a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick and state leaders, but Kennedy does signal his struggle could be nearing an end.

"I am now writing to you about an issue that concerns me deeply - the continuity of representation for Massachusetts should a Senate vacancy occur," Kennedy wrote in July 2 letter to Patrick, state Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.

In the letter, Kennedy asks that legislation be passed to change a law adopted in 2004 to provide for a special election to choose a new U.S. Senator in the event of a vacancy.

The law was pushed through during the 2004 presidential election because state lawmakers wanted to prevent then-Gov. Mitt Romney from appointing a successor for U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, who was the Democratic presidential nominee.

Click here to see a copy of Sen. Kennedy's letter.

Under the 2004 law, a special election is mandated within 145 to 160 days after the Senate seat becomes vacant.

"I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their Senator," Kennedy wrote. "I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election."

Kennedy also asks that the interim post be filled by someone who makes "an explicit personal commitment" not to run in the special election for the vacant seat.

Kennedy, 77, makes no mention of his medical condition. Last week, he skipped funeral services for his older sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, but did attend a private family wake in her honor.

Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008. He was initially treated with surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. But despite his battle with cancer, Kennedy has attempted to keep working.

"For almost 47 years, I have had the privilege of representing the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate," Kennedy wrote in his letter. He added that serving in the Senate "has been — and still is — the greatest honor of my public life."

Despite speculation that Kennedy's wife, Vicki, is interested in the seat, family aides have said she is not interested in replacing her husband either temporarily or permanently. One of Kennedy's nephews, former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, has also been described as interested, along with a number of the state's remaining congressional members and local lawmakers.

Amid similar speculation about a Senate vacancy last fall, when Kerry was under consideration for secretary of state, Murray was adamant that the law not be changed. After recent inquiries from The Associated Press, aides to both Murray and DeLeo said they are unlikely to back any change.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politi...&position=2

Ignorant post.

Ask the Kopechne family how ignorant the statement is.....

The Right Wingers love to condemn Ted Kennedy over that incident without anyone except Ted knowing exactly what happened.

Or, O.J.

Apples to Oranges. That's not even a close comparison.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Well need to find the lawmen that will actually have balls enough to go after him in the first place back then.

[HAL 9000 96]

Good riddance! This guy is a disgusting idiot pig, he killed that woman riding in his car while he was drunk and then he had his family cover it up, just a killer, how people forget the history of this guy so soon! He has been living a charmed life anyway, should have been in prison all these years instead of US Senate stealing the taxpayers blind!

Ailing Ted Kennedy asks for speedy replacement process

In a stunning admission of his frailty, an ailing U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is asking the governor and legislative leaders to rewrite state law to allow for a temporary gubernatorial appointment to his seat.

Kennedy's request comes in the midst of the heated national debate over health care, which has been the senior senator's focus in Congress for decades. He does not address his battle with brain cancer in a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick and state leaders, but Kennedy does signal his struggle could be nearing an end.

"I am now writing to you about an issue that concerns me deeply - the continuity of representation for Massachusetts should a Senate vacancy occur," Kennedy wrote in July 2 letter to Patrick, state Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.

In the letter, Kennedy asks that legislation be passed to change a law adopted in 2004 to provide for a special election to choose a new U.S. Senator in the event of a vacancy.

The law was pushed through during the 2004 presidential election because state lawmakers wanted to prevent then-Gov. Mitt Romney from appointing a successor for U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, who was the Democratic presidential nominee.

Click here to see a copy of Sen. Kennedy's letter.

Under the 2004 law, a special election is mandated within 145 to 160 days after the Senate seat becomes vacant.

"I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their Senator," Kennedy wrote. "I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election."

Kennedy also asks that the interim post be filled by someone who makes "an explicit personal commitment" not to run in the special election for the vacant seat.

Kennedy, 77, makes no mention of his medical condition. Last week, he skipped funeral services for his older sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, but did attend a private family wake in her honor.

Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008. He was initially treated with surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. But despite his battle with cancer, Kennedy has attempted to keep working.

"For almost 47 years, I have had the privilege of representing the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate," Kennedy wrote in his letter. He added that serving in the Senate "has been — and still is — the greatest honor of my public life."

Despite speculation that Kennedy's wife, Vicki, is interested in the seat, family aides have said she is not interested in replacing her husband either temporarily or permanently. One of Kennedy's nephews, former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, has also been described as interested, along with a number of the state's remaining congressional members and local lawmakers.

Amid similar speculation about a Senate vacancy last fall, when Kerry was under consideration for secretary of state, Murray was adamant that the law not be changed. After recent inquiries from The Associated Press, aides to both Murray and DeLeo said they are unlikely to back any change.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politi...&position=2

Ignorant post.

Ask the Kopechne family how ignorant the statement is.....

The Right Wingers love to condemn Ted Kennedy over that incident without anyone except Ted knowing exactly what happened.

There seems to be a great deal of "clairvoyance" going on with these folks. Just look at the whole health care hoopla.

[nowhereman 1]

IMO if a politician has to step down for health reasons or whatever he/she should be replaced by someone from their own party (Democrat or Republican, wouldn't matter). That would prevent a lot of the games that are played when the decision maker is from the opposite party.