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Khazei has habitually trailed behind in polls since announcing his candidacy on September 24th. But don’t take down those “Alan Khazei for Senate?? signs peppering your dorm window just yet—as our current President knows well, it ain't over till it's over...
Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, the “Lion of the Senate?? and the last remaining son of the prominent Democratic political family, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday after a funeral mass packed with political dignitaries that included a eulogy by President Barack Obama.Kennedy passed away last Tuesday night at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass. after a year-long battle with brain cancer. He was 77. More than 25,000 mourners lined up to pay their respects to the senator at the John F. Kennedy...
...while he failed to win the office his brother had once held, Kennedy carved out for himself a niche as one of the senate??s most powerful legislators...
Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, nicknamed “The Lion of the Senate?? during his near half-century in office, has been awarded an honorary knighthood, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced yesterday. Kennedy will become a Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an award Boston’s British Vice Consul for Political, Press, and Public Affairs Joseph P. W. Pickerill said is “primarily designed for people who have contributed significantly in the realm of public service.” According...
...most states, the governor is allowed to appoint a new senator who does not belong to the same party as the senator leaving office. But an unexpected vacancy should not be an opportunity for a governor to change the Senate??s balance of power through a partisan political ploy. Though this situation has not arisen in recent years, it nearly occurred in 2006, when Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) suffered a major stroke. Had Sen. Johnson died, Mike Rounds, the Republican governor of South Dakota, would have appointed a Republican to the vacant seat, thereby delivering...