Senate Seat

Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat: Who Will Replace Him? (SLIDESHOW POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Ted Kennedy's death leaves an open Senate seat in Massachusetts for the first time in 25 years. State law requires a special election for Kennedy's se...

Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Mr. Burris Goes To Washington: The Inside Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


When disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed Roland Burris to fill a vacant Senate seat on December 30, Senate Democrats reacted strongly, r...

Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...

Burris, Race, Religion, And The Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois. . . . Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what t...

Friday Talking Points [59] -- New Year's Resolutions (For Democrats)

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Happy New Year 2009! Because I've always felt it is more amusing to make new year's resolutions that others should follow, today's Friday Talking Poin...

Jason Linkins

Roland Burris On The Offensive: Race May Be An Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics


After yesterday's magical, race-cardulous press conference, where tainted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced that he was going to appoint for...

Caroline Kennedy: All Entitled, All the Time

David Margolick | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics


David Margolick

Like everyone else, I had succumbed to Kennedy's name, was shilling for her book, and giving her a pass, which in its infinitesimal way would only have made her more the way she was.

Sam Stein

Dems Consider Kennedy's Rough Road A Blessing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics


There are interesting, dueling dynamics emerging in the pseudo campaign of Caroline Kennedy to take over New York's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat. As...

Sam Stein

Roland Burris Almost Certain To Be Seated, Legal Scholars Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics


Rod Blagojevich's decision to appoint Roland Burris to Illinois' vacant Senate seat, even as the governor faces intense criminal scrutiny, is being tr...

Sam Stein

Kennedy Reaches Out To Clinton Directly

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics


Caroline Kennedy has called Hillary Clinton to discuss her interest in the New York Senator's seat, a source close to Clinton tells the Huffington Pos...

Jesse Jackson Jr. Should Bow Out for Obama's Seat

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The whispers and rumors about Jackson Jr. will swirl no matter what the FBI and the U.S. attorney ultimately decide about the extent of his involvement in the scandal.

Jesse Jackson Jr: I'm Ready For Obama's Senate Seat

The Chicago Tribune | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


CNBC's Donny Deutsch last night asked Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois if he'd be interested in an appointment to the opening seat of Sen. Barack Ob...