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Subscribe to RSSUpdated, Monday 1/28 at 3:10 pm ET: Massachusetts officials expect Sen. John Kerry's resignation letter Tuesday after he is confirmed to be secretary of state, as expected.
If he is confirmed and the letter of resignation is received tomorrow, state elections officials will set the date of the special election to replace Kerry as June 25th with a primary on April 30th, said Brian McNiff, spokesman for the Massachusetts Secretary of State Elections Division.
Kerry's resignation is expected to be effective Friday. But state law indicates that the date needs to be set not from the effective date of the resignation, but from the date it is received, McNiff said.
Gov. Deval Patrick (D) said Monday he would appoint a temporary replacement Wednesday.
"If the senate votes tomorrow, and the Senator is confirmed and he submits his resignation tomorrow, then I expect to make the announcement on Wednesday," Patrick said earlier Monday, according to Patrick's office.
Patrick added that he has "pretty much" made a final decision, but didn't indicate who it would be.
"I told you we’re going to have someone that I am convinced will be a wise steward of the interest of the people of the Commonwealth while we wait for the people to elect a senator in a special election," Patrick said. "And I continue to believe that the main event is the special election."
Ex-Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has publicly expressed interest in becoming the temporary senator, but it's not clear that he is the pick.
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Barney Frank is the right choice. But we trust the Gov. (Patrick) who will make the right choice.
Frank is talented....Soooooooooooooooo talented.
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Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination
And when he's tall
he's what we call a dinosaur sensation
Barney's friends are big and small
they come from lots of places
after school they meet to play
and sing with happy faces
Barney shows us lots of things
Like how to play pretend
ABC's, and 123's
And how to be a friend
Barney comes to play with us
Whenever we may need him
Barney can be your friend too
If you just make-believe him!
I'm sure Blagojevich could give some pointers on this one.
you've gone 'round the bend Pigotry : )
DingleG - or George Ryan - the Republican governor before Blago - who is also doing time!
The Illinois Governorship is the bipartisan road to the graybar hotel, lost count of how many. Is it the water?
John Kerry will be a salesman for American products ... inlcuding ketchup?
America means business.
He'll slip a packet of ketchup in every hand he shakes - free samples!
Lol Amy
Teresa Heinz married into the Heinz family. She married Senator Heinz (a Republican) and was a registered Republican. She was not born in the US
Senator Heinz died... Teresa remarried.
And John Kerry got to freeload off the hard work of those pesky, evil greedy PA Republicans - how appropriate.
Yeah, a classic freeloader veteran. More bile from the right!
NJSteve....
see...money was made for a purpose - giving a compassionate human face to capitalist success - a good use...priceless. A perfect marriage, then . .. I would say.
Were Heinz still alive, he'd be facing a primary challenge. RINO, ya know!
Perhaps many of you libs out there never read the story of all the vile things Kerry accused the military (in Vietnam) of doing. Kerry even threw his military medals(for what I don't know) over the WH fence. Kerry is a disgrace to our vets. Don't any of you folks read "news" besides what is on MSNBC? Kerry got "swiftboated" by the vets in the U.S. in a protest of his disgusting lying comments about our military. Kerry is a disgrace. For this Obama appoints him a high position of power. Obama is disgusting too.
Stories true, and worse, just ask my Husband, 3 tours and a LRRP, Kerry is not a disgrace, swift boating disproved. Vietnam a blot and a disgrace begun by JFK, carried on by LBJ and sort of ended under Nixon--after all we invade Cambodia, destabilize and Khmer Rouge ascend to power, create havoc in Laos, then run from Vietnam and leave the country in shambles.
Our people that fought in Vietnam did what was asked of them, no disgrace in serving and no disgrace in speaking out--the disgrace lies with those that dodged and left the less worthy to serve in their steads.
Too much anger and not enough rational thinking---The Vietnam War was disgraceful, not our military personnel--they were hero's for enduring.
I'd like to see Scott Brown back in the Senate. He would be a good replacement for Kerry.
Bqhatevwr.
No. Senator Centerfold had his day and he is not the right person to represent Massachusetts.
Pat - saw that earlier. Was he drunk or what? And what the heck was it supposed to mean????
Seeking, all it means is he's an idiot. Drunk, sober or naked.
Pat, sounds like the qualifications Teddy had for decades.
Scott Brown needs to be Governor of Mass. and clean up the cesspool of corrupt liberal machine Democrats on Beacon Hill...the last Dem. Speakers of the House are all indicted...many more should be.
Gov Empty Suit Deval Patrick lets the inmates run the asylum...the legacy of the Bulger brothers is alive and well in Moonbat-achusetts ...
Watch that GOP "money train express" barrel to MA full throttle. They did not offer free passage to a Kerry cabinet position for naught. They want his Senate seat in the worst way. May such efforts be turned away by MA voters as they were by the electorate in election 2012.
I'd like to see space aliens land on the White House lawn, but it isn't going to happen. Scott Brown is and idiot and has no business in public life.
Glad I saw this article today. I plan to donate to Scott Brown's campaign. Brown is a great candidate who can win especially in Mass as it IS one of the most liberal. So, he would do well. And I am VERY conservative. GO SCOTT GO!!!
Anyone but Scott Brown!! He signed the norquest pledge and is just pretending he's not a rabid conservative. How many times do we have to vote him out?
Mass gets what they deserve for electing the corrupt crop they have, what's one more. Oh they'll complain but then like the lapdogs they are pull the lever for another corrupt rich dem. Kerry's part of that rich you all complain about but don't seem to mind sending him to the senate over and over again to get richer and richer all the while not paying his FARE share, which is why the yacht is registered in Delaware. FOOLS! hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I'm so dissappointed in the voters of my state. They vote out one of the only bipartisan voices in Washington and then complain about how partisan Washington is. I didn't agree with Scott Brown half the time but we definitely need more people like him in Washington.
What are you complaining about. MA elected the first "native American" senator!
Scott Brown bipartisan? What a HOOT!
You mean Fauxcahontas Warren? LMAO.
Goofball Granny Warren is off to a bad start as Senator....though a Haavaad Professor and all , she's not the brightest bulb...she cant walk and chew gum at the same time .
Sorry to see John Kerry leave the Senate but I think he will be a fabulous Secretary of State. And I hope Rep. Markey is elected to take his place in the Senate but that Barney Frank serves as Senator in the interim. We need someone there who can make important votes until the election in June.
"Red" Ed Markey is an antique, a senile worn out Democratic socialist hack, who has lived in Washington, DC for 40 years and did nothing but follow orders ...which means he will probably be elected in Moonbat-achusetts...
It is up to the governor and the good people of Mass. to select Sen. Kerry's replacement. I am sure they will get what they vote for.
The "good people of mass" you mean the lapdogs that will blindly follow whatever moron (read: "yes man") the gov puts up.
The Republicans need Barney Frank in the senate. They always do well when they have someone they can rally their base to hate.
Surely there has to be another Kennedy looking for something to do.
Actually a Kennedy was just elected to the House. And, he will do well.
And after a few years in the house he may just move on to the Senate, and will do well there too.
Kennedy always "do well" raiding the treasury and making more money for themselves and their crooked cronies...
At least Grandpa Joe K. earned an honest living bootlegging...this generation steals from taxpayers, and drink all the booze themselves...
The nation has had enough political dynasties, no more Kennedy, Bush, Clinton in Washington DC. A nation of 300 plus million has more talent than that. We need term limits on congress too.
What happened to the left's hatred for the wealthy? John Kerry alone is worth more the Romney... add in his wife & it's in the BILLIONS........
Guess wealthy liberals are a good thing........ even when they never give anything away.........
Steve - that is where your ignorance shows. Liberals have NEVER had a hatred for the wealthy as many liberals are wealthy. In fact more are 1%ers than Republicans.
If you stopped believing everything you hear Hannity and Limbaugh spew you wouldn't look so dumb!
And, idiot, we give as much in money and time as Republicans do. Don't go spewing FOX "facts" because we all know what that's worth - nothing!
Let's see; Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Larry Page, etc. - all good liberals!
Steve, Liberals have a long history of having wealthy individuals in the Party, and they have done wonders for the working men and women of this country.
Gingerbread Mamma, tell me a story about how liberals have done "wonders" for the working men and women of this country.
God what hypocrites!!! I thought the 1% did nothing for the rest of the country. Which is it libs? This is getting confusing. What frigging morons.
Rich Liberals make their money the old fashioned way...they steal it from taxpayers...
The wealthiest counties in the US , all surround Washington, DC. Rich Liberals live there so they can either have a useless six-figure lifetime government job, or, be a crony and lobby Dem politiicans to send over the taxpayer's money...
I'm sure you wouldn't include VP Biden on that charitable list. Party doesn't determine charitable giving. Or would you want to honestly compare BHO v. Mitt on that score. If so, then we elected the wrong man.
"tell me a story about how liberals have done "wonders" for the working men and women of this country."
Google "FDR"
Believenothinguread, are you really that ignorant about American History? How about starting with the Patriots who stood against the conservitives who believed in the Divine Right of Kings, move on to the Abolitionists, follow them up with the labor movement which brought us the 40 hr work week, the weekend, minimum wage, safe working conditions, etc. Education for all was also a liberal idea. Move away from the flexable and changing positions of Republican and Democrat and look at liberal vs conservitive ideas through history. Please, educate yourself before making statements like that.
Rich & Greedy democrats are different from rich & greedy republicans according to democrats/liberals/socialists. The media will NEVER ask Kerry about his wealth; they will NEVER accuse him of lying about Vietnam vets. They will never ask him about why he threw his military medals over the WH fence. The media will make out like Kerry is the best rich & greedy man to ever walk the earth. Kerry needs to be punished for his treason-like statements and behavior. He is a disgraceful rich & greedy and power-hungry man who needs to be sent to the unemployment line along w/Pelosi/Reid/obama. Hypocrites & liars all of them.
Barney Frank would be one hellofa senator for a few months. No axe to grind, no favors to bestow, no lobbying group to satisfy, not worried about being primaried, not worrying about reelection, not concerned about committee appointments. Conservatives always calling for term limits to clean house and here it the perfect example. Six months in office and then replaced. Patrick could do much worse than select him.
Yeah, Barney's pals could set up a prostitution ring out of his Apartment again....they can charge more because Barney would be a Senator...
I'll second that Pat :)
Not sure why I ended up down here was replying to Pats comment.
No more homosexuals in the Senate...we already have Harry Reid.
JFK2012 - what an ignorant post. Instead let's say no more bigoted idiots in the Senate - we can get rid of Cantor, McConnell, Bachmann, McCain, the list goes on and on!
Little scared of your own sexuality are ya? Those are the people who fear those who are different than them and it clearly fits you!
Wow, what a daft statement JFK !!!!!!!
Agreed Seeking :)
myvote - JFK2012 is known for doing "daft" well. In fact, it's all he's got!
Still LOVE your avitar!!!!
:)
Michelle Backmans husband and Grover Norquist have been meeting a lot lately.
(@SeekingSanity who said 'let's say no more bigoted idiots in the Senate - we can get rid of Cantor, McConnell, Bachmann, McCain, the list goes on and on!')
FYI....Cantor and Bachmann are not Senators. So please be sure to have a couple of different lists.
I wouldn't want Barney Frank as a dog catcher. Especially a dog catcher. Barney F is an idiot.
Wow! How deep! LOL!
Don't worry repukes,you don't have a chance,,,losers
Jfk,
I hear your mother did a tribe of Kenyans,and then she had you,,
if Mass has term limits for the Gov, might he appoint himself. Its been done before, many times.
GOP come back what an assinine comment! Who tried to tax the rich? What parties billionaires say to tax them more? You will forever be stupid because you listen to the biggest lying news corp in the world. Starts with a F and you can get it anywhere just like VD that starts with an F.
I am more pissed at Harry Reid than anyone. Sold us out to make the Bitch McConell happy.
When Barney was in the House he never used a bookmark - he would just bend over one of the Pages.
And showed you what your party looks like!
I hears buffarillas spew hatred out of their mouths that can cause a disease called Republican party. Sounds deadly. It was to tens of thousands of Iraqies.
You got to be a seventh grade girl because no grown man would be so catty.
Let's not mention how many of our kids died. you might set me off on your stupidity.
I doubt any other president in history would take a vacation as long as Dubya.
Why is it only the Democratic Presidents stay and try to help around the world and the Republican Presidents are never heard from again. Could it be that they already got what they wanted from their dumb ass constituents and are just bathing in their wealth?
Wow bufaarino you are a true man for all buffarillas
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