The U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts is just getting started. Kevin O'Connor, the son of a journalist and school teacher, is the Republican nominee.
For decades, the Democratic Party lurched to the left while they stayed moored to the legacy of President John F. Kennedy and the rest of the Kennedy clan.
Call it a dance, call it a duel, it doesn't matter, because it is all over. Congressman Kennedy will be replacing Ed Markey as a senator from Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey knows he will lose to Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III in a state Democratic Party primary. Why lose when you can retire?
At the end of the day, the person to blame in Fall River is you, the voter. Look in the mirror. The city is badly in need of a hero and better wisdom in the voter there.