Patrick Kennedy Retiring to Move to MA and run against Brown for Teddy's Seat?

[zaj]

Interesting that his retirement announcement follows a few days after these aggressive comments.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/79863-patrick-kennedy-scott-browns-candidacy-a-joke

Patrick Kennedy: Scott Brown's candidacy 'a joke'
By Michael O'Brien and Jordy Yager - 02/04/10 05:07 PM ET
Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) election has been shown to be "a joke," the son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) said Thursday.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) castigated Brown for having pushed to be sworn in ahead of schedule to permanently fill the Senate seat left vacant by the congressman's father's death in August.

"Brown's whole candidacy was shown to be a joke today when he was sworn in early in order to cast his first vote as an objection to Obama's appointment to the NLRB," Kennedy said Thursday.

Kennedy was referencing some Democrats' thoughts that Brown tried to bump up his swearing-in in order to give Republicans 41 votes, enough to filibuster the nomination of Craig Becker, a controversial nominee to join the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

"Seven out of ten of Brown's voters were labor households and he stressed that he was independent and while he was originally scheduled to be sworn in next week, they moved it up to today so he could cast his first vote, the most anti-labor, the most anti-what his constituents thought they were voting for when they voted for him," Kennedy said.

Brown, for his part, has denied trying to move up his nomination to block Becker's nomination.

"This is where he shows that when they need him, he's in the tank for the Republicans," Kennedy said.

[Raine]

1. I hope he takes Teddy seat

we need a Kennedy back in it.

[Tiggeroshii]

2. He'll have to wait 2 years though, won't he?

[diva77]

4. maybe while he's waiting he can investigate the legitimacy of Brown's "election"

:hi:

[babylonsister]

9. If he's like his dad, he'll spend those two years scouring MA to

meet the people, learn about their concerns, i.e., campaign. That's what was missing with Coakley, among other things.

[w4rma]

3. He sounds like he has a good political intuition. I hope he runs! Brown's days are numbered. (nt)

[cali]

5. I hope he doesn't. He has none of the political skills or grace of his father

He's way down in the polls in RI. He has a history that can be exploited with ease by Brown.

[w4rma]

6. Oh well. First impressions and all that. (nt)

[Divine Discontent]

7. we'll see. I think that 1st vote of Brown's will certainly help whoever runs against him.

wonder if he's sold off his grown daughters yet? they are 'available' as he said in his acceptance speech! :puke:

[crazyjoe]

8. no way, what if he loses to brown?

[Cid_B]

10. Didn't the vote end up..

being mid 40s against and mid 50s for? So they didn't need Brown's vote either way...

Correct me if I'm wrong, read a snippet about it a few days ago and thats what I remember.

[iceman66]

11. They didn't need Brown's vote in the end

because the turncoat "Democrats" Nelson and Lincoln decided to support the fillibuster.

Without them, and Brown, there wouldn't have been enough to fillibuster and the nomination would have been approved.