More Kennedys Waiting In The Wings To Run For Office

Politico:

Rep. Patrick Kennedy's (D-R.I.) retirement may serve as a symbolic end of a political era but for those still captivated by America's version of Camelot, there's hope. The list of prospective Kennedy clan candidates, it seems, runs deep.

From Massachusetts to California, and in several states in between, there are at least a half-dozen Kennedy kin whose ambitions to serve in elected office burn with varying degrees of intensity

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Comments

[blacktea]

10:06 AM on 02/16/2010

the arrogance of entitlment

[madisonhack]

06:32 AM on 02/16/2010

Obama should have named RFK Jr. as head of the EPA.

That would have been the progressive thing to do.

[Macready]

08:35 AM on 02/16/2010

fanned madisonhack . . .

I am very happy there are Kennedys out there ready to run for office .. wish they could take over the Congress

[clearlythinking]

12:51 PM on 02/16/2010

You are right, that would have been change for sure.

[KIVPossum]

05:54 AM on 02/16/2010

Just because the family produced some fine, serving, dedicated statesmen does not mean the kids are worth a tinker's. Only trying to cash in on the family name.

[KISHAGREEN]

11:26 AM on 02/16/2010

Clearly you didn't read the article.

[KIVPossum]

12:57 PM on 02/16/2010

Clearly I did.

[M Jordan]

10:56 PM on 02/15/2010

Ted Kennedy has done more for the working class than you give him credit for, He was able to work with his peers across the aisle. Sure he and others in his family have had their share of issues, but they have also had their share of Horror, To brothers assassinated, a nephew killed in a plane crash, The family was scrutinized, scandalized, put on display, and yet still wanted to see the working class people who ran this country with their sweat and hard work get what they deserved a home, a decent wage, to be able to afford Healthcare. This Congress will never hear from a supporter of the Middle class like a Kennedy again.

[Macready]

08:36 AM on 02/16/2010

fanned M Jordan . . . well said

[bridgeman]

10:39 PM on 02/15/2010

"More Kennedys Waiting In The Wings To Run For Office"
so what?! there are more Bush's and Quayles waiting in line too.
are we supposed to be impressed.

[madisonhack]

06:32 AM on 02/16/2010

Except that the country won't stand for another Bush.

[bridgeman]

07:34 AM on 02/16/2010

after obama don't be surprised

[KIVPossum]

12:58 PM on 02/16/2010

Never misunderestimate the ignorance of the American voter.

[ESerafina42]

01:29 PM on 02/16/2010

Dynasties and bloodlines - un-American.

[dct1999]

06:33 PM on 02/15/2010

Here's an idea. View each one of them as an individual who isn't responsible for the choices (good or bad) that their family members have made.

Problem solved.

[edwoodjr]

05:45 PM on 02/15/2010

Sounds to me like Patrick Kennedy is taking his inherritance and running...........away from politics.

[Matt12]

03:24 PM on 02/15/2010

“To whom much is given, much is expected” -Luke 12:48 Notice, it does not say, that to those whom much is given, they should just continue to take and take and take and take……

There’s not a single deserving or distinguished Kennedy in the left over batch of that family. The public trust can not be placed on libertines who when they’re not high, they’re crashing cars or hurting people –particularly women. The Kennedy mystique fueled an industry of opportunist savants who crashed the economy.

[Rooster Coburn]

01:15 PM on 02/15/2010

The first one was bad enough! Why compound the error with more of the same?

[eleanorhawking]

12:49 PM on 02/15/2010

More Kennedy's? If they are as eloquent as Caroline, and drug-addled as Patrick, I doubt there is much hope there for a continuation of that group of buck-toothed ingrates.

[madisonhack]

06:33 AM on 02/16/2010

Why don't you tell us how you really feel?

[Azsin]

12:38 PM on 02/15/2010

what we need is ron reagan jr

have u seen him slam gops on tv

he is very good
but he wont run

sads

[springsm]

12:28 PM on 02/15/2010

The toxic statements are what? Jealousy,envy, hate? They at least serve the country and serve it well. Some of these Kennedy's have been working FOR the public folks for years. Give up the hate and listen to them....oh..maybe you are waiting for Jebby.

[drumz]

02:26 PM on 02/15/2010

Ditto and Fanned!

[Chicagofan1]

03:02 PM on 02/15/2010

Springsm,
What of it's not jealousy, envy or hate? What if people are tired of entitlement, hypocrisy and "do what I say not what I do" attitude? Why do you think having last name Kennedy will automatically qualify them to be a great leaders? There is a reason why Scott Brown drove the truck and not a limo. Think about it.

[madisonhack]

06:34 AM on 02/16/2010

Because the truck was his Joe the Plumber entrance? Pure show....just like Palin's phony bus tour.

[rlp-politcal]

12:26 PM on 02/15/2010

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[Azsin]

12:36 PM on 02/15/2010

good idea
reason it wasnt done
to much hope in congress for bipartisanship
to many me me me dems in senate

and sadly some of what u are proposing cant be done with reconsilliation

[direct democracy]

02:34 PM on 02/15/2010

Never happen. Reconciliation requires that Dems show some guts.

[ConservativeFrank2]

12:20 PM on 02/15/2010

O god no!, look this is how we do this you don't run anymore "Kennedy's" and we don't run anymore "Bush's" ok we got a deal.

[Gainsbourg69]

01:31 PM on 02/15/2010

There's only one more Bush who is viable and their legacy was ruined by the boy dunce. Kennedys on the other hand are still adored by many. Tough luck.

[InLosAngeles]

07:13 AM on 02/16/2010

Unf., most of those Kennedy admirers were not MA voters.

[ESerafina42]

01:31 PM on 02/16/2010

Caroline didn't seem to be adored by many in NY - especially in the western 4/5 of it, which she never deigned to visit until it just occurred to her that she might like a Senate seat handed to her on a silver platter, you know.

[SueMVetforObama2]

12:19 PM on 02/15/2010

Whole bunch of Bushies in the wings too.

Lawd save us.