Alex Massie Alex Massie

The Kennedy Empire

Remember: it’s a Republic, not a Democracy. From the New York Daily News:

Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time is up, he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family – with his wife, Vicki.

Multiple sources in Massachusetts with close ties to the liberal lion say his wife of 16 years has long been his choice to continue carrying the family flame in the Senate. Kennedy won the seat in 1962; his brother John held it from 1953 to 1960.

[Hat-tip, Eve Fairbanks.]

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