One person I miss who would have been proud of what was accomplished this year

[DainBramaged]

I do not think in my lifetime there will be another.

[dkf]

1. I think the Senate hadn't figured out how to work without him.

He is greatly missed.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Dain Bramaged...

Ah, I knew it...

Yes, he would have been proud.

May he rest in peace, now...

[DainBramaged]

14. All of my heroes are gone

:cry:

[OregonBlue]

18. Another one I miss is Molly Ivans.

[UpInArms]

26. and Ann Richards

and Hunter Thompson

and

Noam Chomsky

[Recursion]

4. Sigh. I busted my butt for Khazei and then for Coakley

Sorry, Teddy. We'll get that seat back in '12.

[Graybeard]

5. Just imagine the fiery speeches

...he would have made in response to Repuke obstruction. And his legislative abilities may have gotten us even better deals on some of the bills. (The DREAM Act especially may have passed.) Miss you Teddy.

[alex cross]

6. And today Splash left us too

Probably a broken heart.

[Tx4obama]

7. Very sad news ;(

Late Sen. Edward Kennedy's dog, Splash, dies at 13
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101224/ap_on_re_us/us_kennedy_dog_2

Ted Kennedy's beloved Splash dead at 13
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1305165&srvc=rss

[mahina]

8. Hope they have a What Dreams May Come

moment.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Oh, no... How very sad.

;(

Welcome to DU, alex cross! It's great to have you with us... :hi:

[malaise]

11. I doubt it

Splash was 13.
Welcome to DU :D

[alex cross]

13. Metaphorically speaking then.

Better?

[lonestarnot]

16. ahhhh. Poor baby missed his papa.

[polmaven]

17. RIP Splash.

You will again be at Daddy's side. He will delight in throwing tennis balls for you to chase again.

[eridani]

10. I don't think he would have been proud of the attack on Social Security n/t

[Lorien]

23. Or the cynically named "Health Care Reform", attack on public school teachers,

or tax cuts for the mega rich. He'd honestly be appalled by what has been "accomplished"; I'm sure his memory was far better than that of most DUers, after all.

[BrklynLiberal]

24. Not to mention the foreknowledge that his seat would go to a repuke!!!!!!!!!!!!

[peekaloo]

12. kick

:patriot:

[lonestarnot]

15. Kicking for the missing part. Champion for the working class. He would not be happy about what has

been done to us.

[DefenseLawyer]

19. Jimmy Carter has a slightly different view.

According to some, including President Carter, Senator Kennedy crushed a chance for healthcare reform in order to keep his rival from getting a political victory. Senator Kennedy was an excellent politician, but sainthood for politicians, even great ones, is probably misplaced.

[BrklynLiberal]

25. Even if true, I would like to believe that Kennedy regretted that youthful error.

[nyc 4 Biden]

20. he is sorely missed.

great pic i love...


p.s.- i bet he's proud of kirsten gillibrand.

Shortly after being sworn in as senator, she began delving into the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, in what amounted to a perfect marriage of an issue without a champion and a would-be champion in search of a defining issue.

She had just met with a National Guardsman and West Point graduate, Lt. Dan Choi — a linguist with a specialty in Arabic who was facing discharge because of his homosexuality. At the time, the effort to repeal was languishing: its leader in the Senate, Edward M. Kennedy, was dying of cancer.

Ms. Gillibrand hit on a new approach to get the issue moving again: proposing an 18-month moratorium on the discharge of gay men and lesbians from the military. She polled Senate Democrats — the first time anyone had done so on “don’t ask,” she said — and was 10 votes shy of the 60 needed, so she did not introduce the bill.

Some of those opposed told her they wanted to hear from the Pentagon on the issue. Ms. Gillibrand, who was not even a member of the Armed Services Committee, asked Senator Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who is its chairman, to hold the first hearings on the policy. He agreed.

“She’s been a bird dog on this,” Mr. Levin said. “She is not shy about her views, and pressing her views and talking to anybody and everybody, on the floor and not on the floor, and in office visits, and in the hallways.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/nyregion/23gillibrand.html?_r=2&hp

more
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/morning-buzz-gillibrand-making-her-mark/?partner=rss&emc=rss

[KT2000]

21. Yes - he is missed

I think losing him was the end of progressive cohesiveness in the Senate. He pulled it all together.

[Hawkeye-X]

22. Actually I'd think Ted would be busy kicking Obama's ass for dropping the public option

and not being more progressive.

And not taking full advantage of the 2008 sweep.

Hawkeye-X

[Major Hogwash]

27. Yeah, me too.

I think he would have been shocked by how much got done after the mid-terms.

[NotThisTime]

28. I miss him, I agree, the senate can't figure out how to run without him :(