Reply #11: To be fair, they did this for all the Senate openings this year

[TayTay]

The Caroline debacle in NY was especially bad.

John Kerry is the new Senior Senator from Massachusetts. Senator Kennedy can have a successor. He will never, in a sense, be replaced. The sooner we accept that in MA, the better off we are in terms of assessing new candidates for the other MA seat in the Senate.

Teddy Kennedy had a very close relationship with John Kerry and gave him advice and a lot of encouragement. Teddy K worked for Big Jawn in all his elections, save that first primary, and for PResident. I dare say that Teddy liked Kerry and wanted him to succeed.

You know, I had occasion to reread the first posts I ever wrote on DU recently. One of the first comments I ever wrote was in answer to a question what MA voters want from the good Senator. I think I still feel this way, they want him to live up to his amazing potential. That is one incredibly talented person and we will, for reasons happy and sad, see that now.