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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Kennedy III will run for Barney Frank's congressional seat
Joseph P. Kennedy III (D) "is taking the final steps to launch a run for Congress this year, hoping to succeed Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) who chose to retire rather than run in his reconfigured district," the Boston Globe reports.
"Kennedy is opening an exploratory committee for the seat, a legal step that will allow him to raise money immediately... Kennedy is scheduled to meet this afternoon with his current boss... to inform him he will be leaving his prosecutor's job to become a political candidate."
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/05/joe_kennedy_iii_gears_up_for_congressional_bid.html
Kingofalldems
(38,451 posts)K and R
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,252 posts)Handsome, and so young.
here is an article with picture.
http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/01/05/joseph-kennedy-iii-launch-exploratory-committee/XSSFMt5wLN7pVrujuG90RM/story.html
CountAllVotes
(20,868 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)There were a few winters I am not sure what I would have done without his help.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Mass
(27,315 posts)sellitman
(11,606 posts)My GOP friend in Mass. Will shit a brick I love it!
Botany
(70,490 posts)fightthegoodfightnow
(7,042 posts).....thanks for the laugh. Makes me want to write a check.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Burge
(17 posts)Finally the 99% may have representation.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Article says he is RFK's grandson.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)That's for sure. The same face shape and tousled hair. Go, Joe!
elleng
(130,865 posts)We wage war, pass skewed tax breaks, and expand benefits by spendthrift borrowing, saddling the next generation of Americans with unsustainable debt, Kennedy said. Then when it comes time to restoring fiscal sanity to our budget, we see the middle class and the poor take the hit while the wealthy get more tax breaks. "
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)but now I see there is a reason to be hopeful!!
andiejen
(7 posts)I will simply say Ditto!!!
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)by the way...is he married? Just wondering...
Spazito
(50,290 posts)A great candidate.
"Raised in Marshfield, Brighton, and Cambridge, Kennedy is a former Peace Corps volunteer and a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School. Before joining the Middlesex prosecutors office, he worked for 2 1/2 years as prosecutor on Cape Cod."
We wage war, pass skewed tax breaks, and expand benefits by spendthrift borrowing, saddling the next generation of Americans with unsustainable debt, Kennedy said. Then when it comes time to restoring fiscal sanity to our budget, we see the middle class and the poor take the hit while the wealthy get more tax breaks. "
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)I don't know much about this Kennedy- I'll have to check him out Any Kennedy has a great chance to beat out any republican for the seat.
T S Justly
(884 posts)wakemewhenitsover
(1,595 posts)YES!
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)DeathToTheOil
(1,124 posts)Unlike his dad. But...can he win?
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)I don't know where he stands on the issues, but he will have some pretty big shoes to fill.
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)Soylent Brice
(8,308 posts)IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,076 posts)... he is currently living in a different district than Barney, so he would have to move. I am not sure on the particulars, but IIRC it would just be a move to the next neighborhood over.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)We're not afraid to change these sort of election laws to suit our needs.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)He looks like a baby. That's what we need, youngins that aren't jaded.
I hope he wins.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)I get nervous when "families" occupy our government....but this is one that has a pretty damned good reputation.
I hope, should he run and win, that he continues that tradition. God only knows, we need all the help we can get in Congress.
ClayZ
(8,623 posts)K and R
Go for it, Joe!
cyberpj
(10,794 posts)You will NEVER convince me that Jack and Bobby were random acts of murder and I'm not even all that sure about Robert, Jr. We all know of the threats made over the years to Teddy but I always had the feeling they wouldn't dare push their chances that far.
I love them for their public idealism and the way they fought for fair play to average citizens but I'll never get over fearing for their lives when they enter politics. If 'they' don't get a Kennedy with bullets they eventually get them with judgement and Fox News type media smear campaigns.
I miss the Kennedy clan dearly, and nobody loves 'a ginger' more than I -especially a handsome one, but it takes a special kind of bravery for anyone left in that family to get into politics again.