Paul Kirk
A question for John Kerry
By adamg - 9/25/09 - 7:23 amOur 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.
Sound and fury over appointment that lasts four months
By adamg - 9/24/09 - 7:46 amJay 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. ...
