Sound and fury over appointment that lasts four months
By adamg - Thu, 09/24/2009 - 7:46am.
Jay Fitzgerald ponders the crowning of a guy most of us have never heard of as our Temporary Senator:
With an unerring instinct for political disaster, Deval Patrick looks like he's going with Paul Kirk -- and Patrick will look like a first-rate incompetent weenie as a result. He'll come across as having caved to the mildest criticism of Dukakis and the slightest hint a Dukakis appointment might be used as a campaign issue. He'll come across as having buckled to the wishes of the out-of-state Kennedy family and D.C. insiders. He should have cut his losses and just gone with the Duke. ...
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Do we know if the Duke would
Do we know if the Duke would have done it? He does have a nice job after all. He seems like the type of guy who would feel bad if he were to abandon students who wanted to take HIS class and instead would end up with some substitute or worse Mitt Romney.
Four Months
In four months, you probably want somebody who could actually, you know, be effective?
Like a former presidential nominee?
I think his students would be understanding of why this could serve the greater good.
I'm actually taking his
I'm actually taking his class this semester, and while I personally can say I would have understood, I'd have been really disappointed! As a senior, there wouldn't be another chance for me to take it. But that's rather irrelevant now, I think.