Results tagged “senate”

-- Alternative advice for bikers to not run red lights: only "slightly illegal." [Boston Biker] -- Danvers High can't even handle reading "meep." They passed on an attorney's email to the police. [Theodora Michaels] -- Statistically speaking, Coach Belichick wasn't that crazy. (And if they converted, everyone would call him a genius.) [Advanced NFL Stats]

On Sunday, WCVB's month-old On The Record (OTR) political talk show reported on the high-profile Mayoral and Senate elections facing voters in Boston and Massachusetts this fall.

City Year founder and former Americorps CEO Alan Khazei is running for Ted Kennedy's senate seat, and has been endorsed by Max Kennedy. Now, Khazei's asking you to pick his campaign video. We kinda like the "I rhyme with Jay-Z platform," but others may be more partial to this somewhat amazing take on the Cheers song.

Attention: Boston Globe. The crucial issues in the 2009 Senate election to replace Ted Kennedy do not include show tunes and men's clothing. Saturday's piece on Michael Capuano paints him as a Kennedy type of liberal. He says he is the financial underdog among the four Democratic candidates. Oh, he's also switching to long-sleeve shirts. The Globe's Andrea Estes said he looked "uncomfortable" in his suit. On Friday, Matt Viser reported that Martha Coakley referenced the Rodgers and Hammerstein song "I Enjoy Being A Girl" in an answer to a question about the role of gender in the campaign. After analyzing some of the lyrics, he concluded "Coakley seems unlikely to use it as a campaign theme song." Journalism!

The Globe is quoting a "Kennedy family associate" as saying Victoria Reggie Kennedy supports Paul G. Kirk Jr as a replacement for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. WCVB is reporting a "family confidant" tells them Edward Kennedy Jr. and Rep. Patrick Kennedy also support Kirk as their father's interim replacement. With that in mind, FoxNews.com is reporting Kirk, chairman of the board of directors of the JFK Library Foundation, will be named to temporarily fill the vacant Senate seat. The Fox story also says Gov. Deval Patrick's office says he hasn't decided on a replacement.

Say what you will about Curt Schilling, you usuallly know exactly where he stands on every issue on which he chooses to opine. Quite often it feels like he addresses every single issue. Schilling appeared on Joe Buck Live on HBO on Tuesday and held nothing back except for some choice language Buck only hears from Artie Lange.

• Congressman Michael Capuano will announce on Friday that he is running for Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat. Capuano said he waited to join the race out of respect for Sen. Kennedy. [Boston Herald]

• With Mass. Attorney General/Senate candidate Martha Coakley now supporting the appointment of a temporary Senator to replace Ted Kennedy and momentum growing to change the law to allow it, former Governor Michael Dukakis is being seen as a leading choice for the interim appointment. [Boston Globe]

Andy Card didn't enter the Senate race, which is why Scott Brown did. Right? Brown, a Republican from Wrentham, officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Saturday. Brown touched on some typically conservative issues like tax cuts, and of course, displayed plenty of flags, according to the Boston Globe. Brown is well-compensated as a state senator, and has exemplary attendance. Brown could be the last prominent candidate to enter the race now that Card and Ed Markey are out. Oh, yeah, Jack E. Robinson and some community activist may run, too.

Joseph Kennedy is out, but Representative Michael Capuano is in, according to the Dot Report.

Joseph P. Kennedy II is not running for the Senate seat held by his uncle Edward M. Kennedy, who died on August 25, 2009. Kennedy made the announcement by posting a statement on the website of Citizens Energy Corp., the nonprofit he founded to provide free heating fuel to the poor.

As rumors of Schilling dance in the air, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has officially declared her candidacy to temporarily take over the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat. Other possible candidates include Democratic representatives Michael Capuano and Stephen Lynch, as well as Republicans Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, and state Sen. Scott Brown. We wonder how much the hubbub over Teddy's seat will detract from the mayoral race, with primaries on September 22.

We said right up until 2004 that the guys who finally brought the World Series trophy home to Boston might get streets named after them (and we still haven't ruled it out, by the way, except for Damon and maybe Manny), but a Senate Seat? NECN got Curt Schilling on the phone, and the former Sox hurler admitted that he'd been felt out as a possible candidate for Ted Kennedy's seat. Schilling told NECN, "I've got a lot on my plate...right now, I'm not even going to speculate on it." It would be interesting to see which would be stronger: the state's love for Red Sox heroes, or the incongruity of a proud conservative like Curt following in the footsteps of a proud liberal like Teddy.

National media outlets covering the ongoing Barack Obama inauguration festivities in Washington, D.C. are reporting that Sen. Ted Kennedy suffered a seizure during the traditional Inauguration Luncheon within the Capitol. Details are still coming in, but Kennedy was taken out of the event by Capitol medical staff. Prior to President Obama's closing remarks at the luncheon, the new president offered his thoughts to Kennedy's family, including wife Vicki Kennedy.

Kennedy clanster Caroline is seen by some as a favorite to take over Hillary Clinton's Senate seat as Clinton transitions to Secretary of State in Barack Obama's administration. The New York Times has just put up a question and answer session with Kennedy's staff regarding her positions on the issues and plans for the senate seat once held by Robert F. Kennedy. New York governor David Paterson has jurisdiction over filling the seat once Clinton vacates it. A few excerpts:

--Fraternity brothers at MIT's Delta Upsilon are saying that Robert Wells, who died over the weekend, fell from his window in an accident. [Boston Globe]

Our junior Senator, John Kerry, was on a tour of Afghanistan yesterday when bad weather forced the helicopter he was in to make an emergency landing in a stretch of mountains. He had to wait for three hours, while protected by troops on the ground and a F-16 overheard, until a US convoy was able to take him back to an air base.

Bostonist saw John Kerry mingling with the functionaries at Mayor Menino's State of the City in Dorchester a couple of weeks ago, and we realized we had forgotten a couple of things about him. One, he's damn tall. Two, he's an elected politician.