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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWant Pentagon Cuts? Make Barney Frank a Senator
http://www.thenation.com/blog/172088/want-pentagon-cuts-make-barney-frank-senatorFormer US Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) holds a news conference on issues before the House Financial Services Committee, November 3, 2009. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
Well, of course, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick should pick former Congressman Barney Frank to fill the US Senate vacancy that will be created when John Kerry is confirmed as the nations sixty-eighth Secretary of State.
In the absence of the reform that is neededa requirement that all senators be electedgovernors are going to pick interim senators. The Massachusetts system is actually better than in most states; when a seat comes vacant the appointee only serves for three or four months before a new senator is selected in a special election.
The question with regard to the interim senator, then, is whether the state will be represented by a placeholder or someone who can actually make an immediate and significant contribution.
There are several prospects for the Massachusetts seat who would be good senators. Some have even suggested former Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic nominee for president, although Dukakis says he does not want the position.
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Want Pentagon Cuts? Make Barney Frank a Senator (Original Post)
xchrom
Jan 2013
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cali
(114,904 posts)1. it's a 3 month appt. I don't think anyone gets much done in the Senate in
3 months.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)2. I disagree
Make him Secretary of Defense.
SDjack
(1,448 posts)3. He should run for the job while doing it. nt