Our Temporary Senator said yesterday his naming means he can now work on 800 outstanding requests from Massachusetts residents. Jay Fitzgerald wonders:

Do you think John Kerry could help out responding to those 800 constituent inquiries? Never mind.

He posts some other questions about the Kirk naming.

Rknrll photographed the scene outside Sen. Kerry's health-care session tonight. Not sure why the woman dressed up in boxing gloves.

Bowes3 provided a blow-by-blow from inside the session.

Photo copyright rknrll. Posted in Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Stephen Lynch seems to think so. Of course, his ascension to the house of solons would require John Kerry to be appointed Secretary of State or something. But he's got $1-million+ burning a hole in his bank account and running in a special election would mean he gets to stay in the House when he loses, so why not?

On the Republican side, "party leaders and consultants" are actually chatting up Bill Weld. Bill Weld? When did they repeal the residency requirement for running for statewide office?

Springfield Republican: FBI probes agent's role in brother's campaign for John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat.

Via Blue Mass. Group.

Watch it here.

Those rumors couldn't be true, could they?

For one thing, he's not.

To seek $1 billion to make it world class.

Student Tasered At Sen. Kerry Event In Florida:

... As Kerry tells the audience he will answer the student's "very important question," Meyer struggles on the ground and yells at the officers to release him, crying out, "Don't Tase me, bro," just before he is Tasered. He is then led from the room, screaming, "What did I do?" ...

Tom Finneran, meanwhile, apparently found the tasering quite funny.