Massachusetts: Joseph Kennedy III to Announce House Bid Thursday

[bathroommonkey76]

Joseph Kennedy III, the son of former Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) and grandson of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy (D-N.Y.), will announce his bid for Congress in the Bay State’s 4th district on Thursday, a campaign source confirmed to Roll Call.

Kennedy announced an exploratory committee last month and just about cleared the Democratic primary field for the open seat, currently held by retiring Rep. Barney Frank (D).

More here:

http://atr.rollcall.com/massachusetts-joseph-kennedy-iii-to-announce-house-bid-thursday/

[montanacowboy]

1. This is great news

Will miss Barney but a Kennedy will do anytime.

[pinto]

2. Roll Call rates the race Safe Democratic.

[tabasco]

18. Nice looking kid

but I wish he'd get a real job for awhile. Maybe do a hitch in the military.

Not some hedge fund shit.

[Redstate Bluegirl]

3. First campaign move

Staff to eliminate "III" from their vocabulary!

[Censor-Ready]

5. Tagged

I'll bet a nickel that the Right starts calling him Jr. Jr.

[Redstate Bluegirl]

8. Sure, yeah

if they wanna shoot themselves in the foot.

[Kingofalldems]

16. After you thought of it.

[Censor-Ready]

4. Reality Check

Has anyone thought this through? The shrewd move would have been to make Kennedy Product (tm) chief of staff for someone else's campaign. Of course, the field is now closed to better-qualified candidates.

This candidacy will provide acres of maneuvering room for Scott Brown and crates of ammunition for the nutcase right, and it is far from clear that he can win the election. Blundering into these hard lessons is why the Massachusetts Democrats lead the league in errors.

[xxqqqzme]

9. Jumping in early I see.

Always helpful to have such positive feedback.

[Moosepoop]

10. Your check bounced.

What makes you think that Kennedy isn't a qualified candidate?

As for it being "far from clear that he can win the election," it was noted in Reply #2 that Roll Call declared it a pretty safe bet that he'll win:

http://atr.rollcall.com/massachusetts-kennedy-has-big-lead-in-new-poll/

Attorney Joseph Kennedy III, the son of ex-Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) and the likely Democratic nominee in the Bay State’s 4th district, had a huge lead over his probable Republican challenger, businessman Sean Bielat, according to a new poll. Sixty percent of registered voters surveyed would vote for Kennedy, while just 28 percent would vote for Bielat. Seven percent said they didn’t know.

The younger Kennedy is buoyed by the fact that 73 percent of those polled in the district have a favorable opinion of the Kennedy family.

As expected, the entry of Kennedy into the race just about cleared the Democratic field.

Roll Call rates the race Safe Democratic. Bielat lost to retiring Rep. Barney Frank (D) in 2010 by more than 10 points.

It looks like the seat could be even safer with Kennedy than with Barney Frank, and that's saying a lot.

[MannyGoldstein]

23. My District is quite safe for Democrats

Barney was starting to irritate some of us, but a Repub could never win. Never ever.

But I'm not sure why I should trust this Kennedy spawn. Time will tell...

[babylonsister]

13. And let's not forget Brown's competition. She's oh so ill-prepared and untenable, don't you agree?

nt

[MannyGoldstein]

24. Nope. She's an FDR Democrat.

Thus unbeatable.

[babylonsister]

25. Did you miss my sarcasm, Manny? Say it ain't so! :) nt

[MannyGoldstein]

29. I know. I just wanted a chance

to write "FDR Democrat".

[aquart]

6. Excellent.

[Zadoc]

7. Is there gonna be another Kennedy in Congress?

I found this on Facebook:

POLL: Is there about to be a Kennedy back in Congress?
Vote: http://www.wepolls.com/p/7654951

And I am going to have to say YES!

[valerief]

11. Good! He's no Barney, but still good. nt

[PSPS]

12. I am delighted to see the Kennedy family continue its enviable tradition of public service.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. Great news!

[thelordofhell]

15. Our future Vice President in 2016

[tech_smythe]

20. Honestly... lets not

The problem with the Obama win, was we lost TWO... three? right off the bat with Biden, Obama, and Clinton.

then there was the Gov of Arizona, blue and gone from her post.

Honestly Obama left our party weakened, which contributed to the problems we had getting things passed, and why we lost so much ground in '10.

I don't want to see this kid anywhere near high level politics for at least 1 FULL senate term, preferably 2.

And if he does run for even higher office, I hope it's at a time the dem's can afford to loose his seat in congress.

[Kingofalldems]

17. I like this one.

[zbdent]

19. Look for all the people who voted for George W. Bush twice and are salivating at the thought

of Jeb Bush running for President to start screaming about how there shouldn't be any "Dynasty" candidates ...

[SaintPete]

26. Can you imagine a Bush vs Kennedy battle?

RELEASE THE KRACKEN - OLD SCHOOL!

[MannyGoldstein]

21. That's the best news I've heard in YEARS!!!

What has he done? What do we know about him?

[Deep13]

22. so how is this not the announcement? nt

[raziagalfre]

27. bathroommonkey76 (Original Post)

I was not aware

[bathroommonkey76]

28. No problem. I caught it when it first hit the wire yesterday. nt