Massachusetts Politics

Yesterday came word that Unfit for Command co-author Jerry Corsi may be running against John Kerry when the Massachusetts senator is up for re-election. Call me cynical but this seems like just a way for Corsi to get free publicity for his new book on a nuclear Iran.

No matter what - John Kerry won't see another term as US Senator for Massachusetts. Either he'll decide not to run or he'll get beat. My guess is that former Republican Governor Paul Cellucci will win this race for US Senate. Currently Cellucci is the US Ambassador to Cananda and as far as I know has not made any statements about running for Senate.

Ted Kennedy is another guy who won't see another term. Either he'll step aside for nephew and former US Congressman Joe Kennedy or he'll run and be defeated. My choice here is Libertarian talk radio host Jay Severin who would relish running and debating against Teddy Kennedy.

If Joe Kennedy doesn't run for uncle Teddy's seat - then a run for the Governorship may be in the cards for the most popular Kennedy extant. People like Joe and the one office that a Kennedy has not held is the governor's office.

Joe may be better going after Uncle Teddy's seat because the governor's office is currently occuppied by Republican Mitt Romney who needs re-election in 2006 to make his run for President possible in 2008. Massachusetts voters have shown that even though they live in the bluest of the blue states - they want a Republican in the Governor's office to keep state spending from getting out of hand.