From the Boston Herald...by the way, FMI, how long will 100 gallons of fuel oil last in a typical New England winter?

Kennedy regrets not running for Senate seat

By Thomas Grillo
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - Updated 1d 1h ago

Joseph P. Kennedy II said today he regrets not seeking the U.S. Senate seat vacated by his uncle, but the former congressman has no plans to run against U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown in 2012.

Kennedy, who was in Brighton today delivering heating oil for his nonprofit Citizens Energy, was asked whether Brown’s victory made him regret his decision not to run to succeed his uncle, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

“The thought has crossed my mind,” Kennedy said with a chuckle yesterday. “Maybe that wasn’t the greatest decision I ever made.”

Philip Johnston, former head of the Democratic Party, said if Kennedy had run, he would have trounced Brown.

“Joe would have won easily because he would have tapped into the populist anger that’s out there among voters,” Johnston said. “Joe is very much like his Dad, former Senator Robert F. Kennedy. They are fearless in taking on the establishment and that’s why he would have done so well.”

Brown, a little-known Republican state senator, made history when he pulled off an upset over Democrat Martha Coakley by a 52 percent to 47 percent margin.

In a Suffolk University/7News poll last fall, 62 percent of all voters had a favorable opinion of Joe Kennedy.

Asked whether he would seek the seat in two years when Brown will face re-election, Kennedy dismissed the idea.

“I cleared out of that (politics),” he said. “This is what I do now. I like what I do very much.”

Kennedy made the remark after delivering 100 gallons of fuel to a needy Brighton couple, one of more than 200,000 low-income households in 16 states that get free oil from the nonprofit division of Kennedy’s Citizens Energy Corp.

Kennedy also said today that he wasn’t surprised that Coakley got beat. “To be honest with you, I was surprised that (Brown’s) margin was as small as it was,” he said.

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politi...position=0

How sour are those grapes?

(01-29-2010 05:55 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  From the Boston Herald...by the way, FMI, how long will 100 gallons of fuel oil last in a typical New England winter?

Kennedy regrets not running for Senate seat

By Thomas Grillo
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - Updated 1d 1h ago

Joseph P. Kennedy II said today he regrets not seeking the U.S. Senate seat vacated by his uncle, but the former congressman has no plans to run against U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown in 2012.

Kennedy, who was in Brighton today delivering heating oil for his nonprofit Citizens Energy, was asked whether Brown’s victory made him regret his decision not to run to succeed his uncle, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

“The thought has crossed my mind,” Kennedy said with a chuckle yesterday. “Maybe that wasn’t the greatest decision I ever made.”

Philip Johnston, former head of the Democratic Party, said if Kennedy had run, he would have trounced Brown.

“Joe would have won easily because he would have tapped into the populist anger that’s out there among voters,” Johnston said. “Joe is very much like his Dad, former Senator Robert F. Kennedy. They are fearless in taking on the establishment and that’s why he would have done so well.”

Brown, a little-known Republican state senator, made history when he pulled off an upset over Democrat Martha Coakley by a 52 percent to 47 percent margin.

In a Suffolk University/7News poll last fall, 62 percent of all voters had a favorable opinion of Joe Kennedy.

Asked whether he would seek the seat in two years when Brown will face re-election, Kennedy dismissed the idea.

“I cleared out of that (politics),” he said. “This is what I do now. I like what I do very much.”

Kennedy made the remark after delivering 100 gallons of fuel to a needy Brighton couple, one of more than 200,000 low-income households in 16 states that get free oil from the nonprofit division of Kennedy’s Citizens Energy Corp.

Kennedy also said today that he wasn’t surprised that Coakley got beat. “To be honest with you, I was surprised that (Brown’s) margin was as small as it was,” he said.

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politi...position=0

Here's a line that shows you just how self-servingly delusional the Kennedys and their enablers are:

(01-29-2010 05:55 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  Philip Johnston, former head of the Democratic Party, said if Kennedy had run, he would have trounced Brown.

“Joe would have won easily because he would have tapped into the populist anger that’s out there among voters,” Johnston said. “Joe is very much like his Dad, former Senator Robert F. Kennedy. They are fearless in taking on the establishment..."

What a joke - the Kennedys and their ilk ARE the establishment.

But I guess it would be too much to expect reality to get in the way of a politically lucrative narrative.

(01-31-2010 10:59 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  Here's a line that shows you just how self-servingly delusional the Kennedys and their enablers are:

(01-29-2010 05:55 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  Philip Johnston, former head of the Democratic Party, said if Kennedy had run, he would have trounced Brown.

“Joe would have won easily because he would have tapped into the populist anger that’s out there among voters,” Johnston said. “Joe is very much like his Dad, former Senator Robert F. Kennedy. They are fearless in taking on the establishment..."

What a joke - the Kennedys and their ilk ARE the establishment.

But I guess it would be too much to expect reality to get in the way of a politically lucrative narrative.

Reality and politicalspeak have little to do with each other. Have you noticed that since the Mass election, the democrats have been insisting that (1) the process has been bipartisan all along, and (2) they really would like for the Republicans to come back and participate with them in passing legislation. Apparently the new history is that all those backrooms and reconciliation meetings and meetings with the Prez had only Dems because the Reps wouldn't participate.

Very interesting to look at the analysis and comparison of voting patterns on the Massachusetts results. Good comparisons across the various communities in a variety of situations, both 2008 to 2010, as well as going back to prior Republican statewide wins (Romney in 2002 and Reagan in 1984).

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystal...010012801/

Most intriguing, at least in the irony of life, is the fact that in 2010, the town of Barnstable, which includes the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port, only went 38% for Coakley. Just one of those trivial stats that don't really mean anything, other than to make you go, wow!