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Former
Congressman Joe Kennedy is not going to run for his recently deceased
Uncle Teddy's seat in the U.S. Senate. That's a shame, because Joe was
one of the good guys – a real nice person, who always remembered
people. Not just names – that's easy – he remembered people. For
example, Joe wouldn't see you in a year, but when he did, he would ask
about your Aunt Gracie or how your kids were doing in school. That's
classy.
So Joe will continue his work with Citizen's Energy and
enjoy life in obscurity – something Kennedy's really aren't all that
used to. He won't have to jump back into the political bumping and
grinding and overall frenzy the race to fill Ted's seat will bring.
It's a shame, because he would have been a great Senator – but now that
he is out, the floodgates are opening – and we will still win in
Somerville, because Congressman (and Former Mayor) Mike Capuano will
now make his move up.
Senator Mike Capuano has a good ring to
it. This will be his opportunity to take that explosively passionate
personality and stand out – it really is difficult to be a Congressman
– there are 434 other people to contend with every day and an election
to run every two years. In the Senate, he will only have to deal with
99 other people and an election every six years. Much better work
environment, for sure.
So what happens next? Well, here's a
scenario for you, that isn't too far fetched…just keep in mind what
happened when State Senator Charlie Shannon passed away a few years
back, and that will hopefully keep your attention.
The special
election gets underway and all Hell breaks loose. Everyone and his
grandmother gets the call to help Mike Capuano and people scatter to
the four ends of the Commonwealth. Capuano gets elected and takes the
Senate seat, leaving now a hole in the House of Representatives, which
will cause another special election for that seat.
Echoes of the year of the never-ending elections already, don't you think?
So
then a special is called for the open seat in the 8th District. Then
the fur really starts to fly. Mayors, State Senators and anyone with
more than 15 seconds of fame and a couple of million burning a hole in
their pockets will jump into the fray, including our own Mayor Joe
Curtatone.
So then Mayor Joe gets elected and takes over the
Congressional seat, of course it's a double win-win with Capuano in the
Senate. Now, you guessed it, there has to be a special election for
Mayor of Somerville. We don't even want to begin to speculate about the
horror show that would ensue, but the thought sure makes us chuckle.
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