Townhall: No, there will be no Republican win in Massachusetts. That’s not what I’m talking about. There’s nothing to gain in that race except in the entertainment value of watching the Democratic bloodsports in the Senate primary between incumbent Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy. It’s a race that’s become another proxy fight between the progressive Left and the Democratic establishment, given that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed Kennedy over Markey. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) decided to back Markey.
Markey has endorsed the Green New Deal and Medicare for All, so his lead in the polls is mostly grounded by running the table on these feisty left-wingers in the Bay State (via Politico):
Just two years ago, Joe Kennedy’s star was so bright that he was asked to deliver the Democratic Party’s response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech. Now, if he can’t turn things around before Tuesday’s Massachusetts Senate primary, he’ll be out of politics.
A handful of recent polls show the 39-year-old congressman trailing incumbent Sen. Ed Markey — the septuagenarian incumbent whose campaign is improbably powered by younger progressive voters. Among voters under the age of 35, one of those polls reports, Markey is leading Kennedy by an almost 2-to-1 margin.
This was also echoed in Michael Graham’s piece with Inside Sources on the race, in which he noted history could be made in this primary race, though probably not in the way that Joe would like to be remembered. No Kennedy has lost a race in Massachusetts—ever. A young war hero named John Fitzgerald Kennedy ran for Congress in 1946, won that race, and so began the undefeated Kennedy political dynasty in the state. You’d think that Joe would clean Markey’s clock. As Graham noted, over one-third of MA voters, uh, didn’t even know who the hell he was, but the hard-left shift he’s taken on policy and some nice zingers have all culminated in him taking the lead in the polls: more
Big choice; both are dumber than a sack of horseshoes.
Racing down the toilet
Droolin’ Joe, vs. Ed Malarkey! 🤪
No matter who wins, the voters LOSE! 🙄
I couldn’t imagine living in Massholechussetts, but then again my nightmares are occupied by living in New York
Odin,
and that’s an insult to the horseshoes and the horses that wear them.
I thought maybe he was running as a Republican!
Another bearer of the Kennedy curse. I wonder how it will destroy this one, hopefully before he does too much damage.
Maybe he’ll crash a train into the middle of Buzzard’s Bay…
If Joe loses, Ted Kennedy’s neck brace will be hardest hit.
Make no mistake.
America loses, no matter which maggot wins.
izlamo delenda est …
He’s probably content with not having to run against a Clinton..
Kennedy’s – who needs ’em?
Is that the Kennedy that drunk drove into a barrier in the capitol or is that the Kennedy that roughed up a nurse in the hospital after his child was born? I can’t keep track of the crimes of the degenerate scum known as the Kennedy family.
Probably one of the Kennedys who made a fortune off racial “set-aside” real estate in DC and other rat-holes.
Or one of the drunkard Kennedys.
Or one of the rapist Kennedys.
Or one of the “rich-white-privileged” Kennedys.
Definitely one of the Kennedys who’ve never done an honest day of work in its life.
izlamo delenda est …
Anon, that was ‘Patches’ Kennedy who hit the barrier in DC; Teddy’s son.