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...Kirk] has a very good sense of policy, he has a terrific sense of humor, he’s very adept at political negotiation, and he’s a very affable person,” Tribe said. “I think he will do very well in building coalitions to the extent that it’s possible in that brief a time...
...addition to Kirk, names that had been circulated in the press included former Mass. Governor and 1988 presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, former Mass. Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, and Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree...
...Runs a Boston-area business consulting firm, Kirk & Associates...
...people could fill the void left by the death of longtime Senator Ted Kennedy, but Paul Kirk Jr. is the one who will try. On Sept. 24, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick tapped Kirk, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Kennedy's death. Thought to be the Kennedy family's pick, Kirk was once an aide to the Democratic Senator, and currently serves as the chairman of John F. Kennedy's presidential library. "Paul Kirk is a distinguished leader whose long collaboration with Senator Kennedy makes him an excellent interim choice...
...wish of the dying Kennedy, so that Senate Democrats would not lose a crucial vote during the health-care-reform debate. Patrick has stated that he plans to secure a promise that any replacement will not run for the seat in the Jan. 19 special election. Until then, Kirk will serve as a ready vote for any health-care legislation, likely maintaining Kennedy's existing Senate staff...