Good day all. The current make up of the Congressional Democrat Caucus in the House and Senate is split between the young Communists and anti-Semites and the old geriatric hippies who are in the leadership.
Thanks to Alexandria Occasional-Cortex, the young communists are moving to push out the relics and fossils. They’ve been making threats to primary anyone who doesn’t to the Marxist line, or is just to old for them. Now they have a target in their sights, one Edward “Ice Cream Man” Markey. Here are the details from Politco:
Standing before a group of donors at a Cape Cod fundraiser last weekend, Sen. Ed Markey joked about his current political predicament. When you run for public office, he told them, you either run unopposed or you run paranoid.
For decades, Markey has generally run unopposed in both his primary and the general election. He’s so sure about winning whatever election he’s in, that he doesn’t even live in Massachusetts. His primary residence is deep in the Beltway swamp. (He does maintain a “residence” in Massachusetts. It used to be his mother’s address)
But Markey has an even bigger reason to be paranoid: growing chatter in state political circles that the last member of the Kennedy political dynasty has an eye on his Senate seat in 2020.
A mysterious July telephone poll that tested Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy III against Markey in a head-to-head contest first sparked speculation about the young congressman’s intentions. Then came the formation of a grass-roots group that aims to draft Kennedy into the race.
When it comes to the Kennedy’s, there is nothing spontaneous or grass roots.
The “Jump in, Joe!” group — formed by members of Kennedy’s Boston Pride Parade Committee — launched a website, a Facebook group and a petition earlier this week.
I would be happy to yell “Jump Joe jump!” if he was standing on the edge of the roof of the Hancock Tower. (You may assume that I don’t like the Kennedy family. You assume correctly)
“This is not about the incumbent. It’s not about Sen. Markey. We admire his public service over the past 43 years,” said Jamie Hoag, one of the people who launched the group. “This is about Joe Kennedy and why we think he would be the best fit for the U.S. Senate.”
And that would be neither of them.
The prospect of the 38-year-old Kennedy challenging the 73-year-old Markey is taking place against the backdrop of generational conflict within the state Democratic Party. One year after Ayanna Pressley took down then-Rep. Michael Capuano in a primary election, almost every member of the state’s congressional delegation is being pressed by a primary challenger in 2020.
Interesting thing about Pressley. Like Markey and Kennedy, she’s never done an honest days work in the Dreaded Private Sector in her life. In other words, she’s just another Masshole political hack.
But there’s another possibility making the rounds in state political circles: That the draft-Kennedy push could be designed to nudge Markey to retire rather than risk seeing his political career end in a primary defeat.
Yeah that won’t happen. These long term politicians are like leeches. They’re welded to their seats of power.
Kennedy’s campaign hasn’t directly denied he is angling for Markey’s job. He has said in the past he would consider a Senate run if a seat opened up, but right now, his campaign says he’s staying put in the House.
“Congressman Kennedy is humbled by the support of so many folks in Massachusetts. As he has said, he is running for reelection in the 4th District,” Kennedy spokesperson Emily Kaufman told POLITICO in a statement.
Kennedy’s campaign declined to comment when asked whether they conducted the July mystery poll, which pitched positive and negative campaign messaging for Kennedy and Markey, including on issues like marijuana, “Medicare for All” and the “Green New Deal.”
In this case, “No comment” means “Oh Hell Yes!”
Kennedy’s campaign would not say whether the congressman has seen the results of that poll. “We review all kinds of poll numbers, like any campaign. But that’s not something we discuss publicly,” Kaufman said.
In other words, “Of course we’ve seen the numbers. After all, we paid for the poll out of our secret slush fund.”
Markey himself is a cautionary tale about the perils of waiting around for a Senate seat to open. As an ambitious young congressman in 1984, he initially ran for the Senate seat left vacant by Paul Tsongas. He withdrew from that race, however, and had to wait nearly 30 years before it opened up again when John Kerry resigned to become secretary of State.
Markey is a worthless hack. He literally has no other skills other than running for and holding office. He also knows that if he loses, he’s done, and that was why he pulled out when Tsongas croaked. He was afraid he would lose and would have to see about getting his old job back as an Ice Cream Truck driver.
While Massachusetts’ other Senate seat would open if Sen. Elizabeth Warren wins the presidency in 2020, a special election to fill her seat would likely feature a crowded, open field of Democratic candidates.
That must be some mighty fine crack you’re smoking there bub. The only way Fauxahontas becomes president is through cheating, which I won’t put past her and the Democrats. (It’s how John F. Kennedy won in 1960)
While Markey is among the top 10 most popular senators in the country, according to Morning Consult approval ratings, there are also signs of vulnerability in a primary.
I’ve never heard of Morning Consult so I looked them up. Just another polling company that generates useless polls. Frankly, most Americans have never heard of Ed Markey, and would probably find him as contemptible as I do if they did know who he was. Meanwhile, Markey has gone into full campaign mode, so be ready to be annoyed.
“Senator Markey is running for reelection no matter who enters the race. He is crisscrossing the state and will run his campaign hard every day,” Markey spokesperson Giselle Barry said in a statement.
Markey has rolled out a series of early endorsements over the past several weeks, from NARAL Pro-Choice America, the Coalition for Social Justice, the Blue Mass Group political blog, and former Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair John Walsh. Markey is also backed by six of the 10 other members of the state’s congressional delegation, according to a Boston Globe survey. Kennedy did not say whether he’ll back Markey next fall.
And all those endorsements are from the Democrat elite. How about endorsements from people who matter? You know, your constituents? Oh, that’s right. They aren’t important to you. They’re just dirty little people you have to make nice to for a few months every few years.
If Kennedy were to jump into the Senate race, it would change the calculus for Markey and his existing primary challengers. Kennedy has high name recognition, goodwill in the party and a formidable fundraising network. Plus, he’d be able to tap into Kennedy nostalgia that still exists in Massachusetts.
I’m not so sure that nostalgia has any validity anymore. JFK was blown away almost 60 years ago as was his brother Robert. Dead Ted “Fatboy” Kennedy has been feeding worms for years and is best remembered for murdering Mary Jo Kopechne after dumping his car with her trapped in the back and leaving her to suffocate. Then there is the information that’s come out regarding his “Collusion” with the Soviets to get Ronald Reagan out of office. (That would be treason)
All the people who would feel sympathy for the Kennedy’s have basically died of old age. Well, this is Massachusetts and this is the Democrat Party. They have far more consistent dead voters then living. I’m pretty sure that the dead voters do sympathize with Joe Cubed.
Still, Joe Cubed would probably pull it off. Massachusetts is basically another single party state where the Constitution has long been dead and buried. Elections there are about as useful as those in North Korea, Cuba or Kalifornistan. (Just to name a few Communist countries). Still, it should be entertaining, watching Markey squirm.
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