Is Sen. Ted Kennedy (yimach schmo vezichro) Nearing The End?

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Sen. Kennedy Asks MA State Lawmakers To Allow Him To Appoint Successor

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090820/ap_on_re_us/us_kennedy_massachusetts_senate

Let's hope that this meant that this murderous cockroach knows the end is near. Yimach schmo and good riddance to this devil--may he boil in a river of molten quartzite forever! 

Bonesfan

Ailing Kennedy asks for speedy replacement process
By Glen Johnson, AP Political Writer
– 2 hrs 2 mins ago

BOSTON – A cancer-stricken Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has asked Massachusetts leaders to change state law to allow a speedy replacement if it becomes necessary for him to surrender his seat, fearing a months-long vacancy would deny Democrats a crucial vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

In a note to Gov. Deval Patrick and other state leaders, Kennedy asked that lawmakers allow the governor to appoint an interim replacement pending election of a successor, to ensure there would not be a period with a vacancy. Currently, the law requires a special election to be held within five months.

"It is vital for this commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election," he wrote.

Health care has been Kennedy's signature issue. Although Democrats hold a potentially filibuster-proof margin in the Senate, the fate of a sweeping health care bill could hinge on a single vote and some moderate Democrats have been wavering. Another Democrat, Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, has been seriously ill and often absent.

Kennedy's letter acknowledges the state changed its succession law in 2004 to require a special election be held 145 to 160 days after the vacancy. At the time, legislative Democrats — with a wide majority in both chambers — were concerned because then-Republican Gov. Mitt Romney had the power to directly fill any vacancy created as Democratic Sen. John Kerry ran for president.

The letter was sent Tuesday, but Kennedy aides insist there is no material change in his condition since he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008. Kennedy was initially treated with surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

"For almost 47 years, I have had the privilege of representing the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate," Kennedy wrote in his letter. He added that serving in the Senate "has been — and still is — the greatest honor of my public life."

The 77-year-old has been convalescing at his homes in Washington and in Hyannis Port, as well as a rental property in Florida, but his absence from last week's funeral on Cape Cod for his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, prompted a flurry of questions about his own health.

An aide said the letter was one of several written by Kennedy in early July. Another was to Pope Benedict XVI and was hand-delivered by President Barack Obama during a visit to the Vatican.

In his succession letter, Kennedy suggests the governor ensure the fairness of any appointment to replace him by seeking an "explicit personal commitment" his appointee will not seek the position on a permanent basis.

Despite speculation that Kennedy's wife, Vicki, is interested in the seat, family aides have said she is not interested in replacing her husband either temporarily or permanently. One of Kennedy's nephews, former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, has also been described as interested, along with a number of the state's remaining congressional members and local lawmakers.

Amid similar speculation about a Senate vacancy last fall, when Kerry was under consideration for secretary of state, Senate President Therese Murray was adamant that the law not be changed. After recent inquiries from The Associated Press, aides to both Murray and House Speaker Robert DeLeo said they are unlikely to back any change.

Aides to both leaders say an election was more democratic than a gubernatorial appointment, and they cited the legal and political problems that plagued former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and New York Gov. David Paterson when they filled vacancies for President Barack Obama and former Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, respectively.

Secretary of State William Galvin, who oversees elections in Massachusetts, said Thursday the law cannot be changed without debate, public hearings and a vote by the Legislature while meeting in formal session. The Legislature is currently in informal session, meaning an objection by one lawmaker can hold up the change.

"This is not a change that could happen today," Galvin said. He said there is no provision in current law for any kind of interim appointment.

Murray is also a strong backer of Martha Coakley, the first female attorney general in Massachusetts and someone who has quietly laid the groundwork for a special-election campaign.

In a joint statement to The Boston Globe, which first reported news of Kennedy's letter, both Murray and DeLeo were noncommittal.

"We have great respect for the senator and what he continues to do for our commonwealth and our nation. It is our hope that he will continue to be a voice for the people of Massachusetts as long as he is able," they said.

Patrick said in a statement: "It's typical of Ted Kennedy to be thinking ahead and about the people of Massachusetts, when the rest of us are thinking about him."

Patrick was the top civil rights official in the Clinton administration, and he has argued about the importance of the public vote. But last fall he noted more than 40 other states fill congressional vacancies by gubernatorial appointment. He also cited the state's deteriorating fiscal condition as one argument to skip a special election and empower the governor to fill vacancies.

"These are always sensitive calls, but there are sensitive calls and decisions that governors have to make," he said in December.

Under the current law, the governor must call an election within 145 to 160 days of receiving a resignation letter. A primary would be held five or six weeks beforehand, reducing the time candidates would have to raise money for a campaign.

Besides Joseph Kennedy and Coakley, Democrats who might try to succeed Kennedy include Reps. Stephen Lynch, Michael Capuano, Edward Markey, James McGovern and William Delahunt.

Former Rep. Martin Meehan, now chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, has $4.8 million in his federal campaign account, the largest sum of any potential candidate. That would give him the advantage in any special election sprint.

On the Republican side, potential candidates include Cape Cod businessman Jeff Beatty, former Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and Chris Egan, former U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Cooperation and Development.

[Moshe92]

Whoever succeeds him will probably be just as bad. I live in MA, and politics here is a joke. All the congressmen from here are Democrats, and the state legislature is about 90% Democrats. There was somewhat of a balance when Mitt Romney was governor from 2002 to 2006, but we now have a liberal Democratic governor so everything is completely one sided.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

I know that, I just think we should rejoice that this pig will soon be leaving us, slowly and painfully.

[Moshe92]

I know that, I just think we should rejoice that this pig will soon be leaving us, slowly and painfully.

I agree. It will still be nice to see him leave. Ted Kennedy has been around for too long.

[TruthSpreader]

He'll croak eventually and it will be a blessing from Hasheem.

[cjd]

He must think he is because he now wants a reversal of the law he put in place 5 or 6 years ago that disallowed the Governor of the state of Massachusetts to appoint the next Senator if the sitting Senator croaks. Back when he had the law changed Romney was Governor now that a Democrat is in the office the change in the law no longer fits his deathbed wishes. Talk about the lowest of evil animals.... Even one step from the grave he is doing what Democrats do best election rigging.

[Confederate Kahanist]

I think govorner Devil Patrick will appoint another illegal and muzzie loving communist. 

[The One and Only Mo]

The Malach Hamaves is lurking.

[Moshe92]

I think govorner Devil Patrick will appoint another illegal and muzzie loving communist. 

Devil Patrick. I have never heard that before. Nice nickname. 

[RanterMaximus]

I hope not.  I do not want to go through the media orgy of worship his dying would bring.  I am still getting over Michael Jackson.  I just hop the old bloated drunk is in pain daily.

[ProJewGreekChristian]

Baruch Hasheem!

 


It's funny how that piece of garbage is getting treatment at the most elite medical schools from the very best doctors!


    Yimach

Shemo

               To

Him

[Confederate Kahanist]

Baruch Hasheem!

 


It's funny how that piece of garbage is getting treatment at the most elite medical schools from the very best doctors!


    Yimach

Shemo

               To

Him

Maybe that's what'a keeping him alive.   

[ProJewGreekChristian]

Yeah, his third world health care scheme is for all the grunts (US people), not him. He is so filthy rich from all of the criminal thievery he has taken part in he would never have to worry about insurance premiums. He probably just pays out of pocket. He is getting revolutionary care from... I forgot the place but I know from my father who is an MD that it's 1st class in the US medical innovation arena. He really is a criminal; I have a deep, deep feeling of disgust for him. Think about how leftists love him and admire him!!!  How? And the blacks with Michael Jackson?! It's probably more moral to worship a rapping gangster than a pedophile Jew hater and White hater.

[MasterWolf1]

I WANT HIM TO DROP DEAD ON MY BIRTHDAY, OR EVEN A FEW DAYS AROUND IT I WILL TAKE IT

[GoIsraelGo!]

Tick Toc....Tick Toc.....Tick Toc......Tick Toc......it's only a matter of time.   

[cjd]

The end must be close because he was absent from his sisters funeral. I don't think he is able to do much anymore. I believe most of the statements that are said to be issued by him are from the family or the Democrap party itself.  It does my hart good to know this animal may be lingering in a sickbed somewhere suffering endlessly. I am sure he is not in any hurry to get to the next world because he better than anyone else knows the list of sins he will be paying for. I can't get much joy out of this animals croaking because there is still a very large number of this clan alive and kicking. The article states one of Kennedy's nephews, former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, has also been described as interested in the seat so the line of succession may go on for another 20 or 30 years.

[bongoid]

Not soon enough for my taste ! He did a lot of harm to America.Justice for Mary Jo Kopechne is 40 years late !