Kennedy On What’s Next
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 12th, 2010 5:39 am by HL
Kennedy On What’s Next
Rhode Island Monthly has an exclusive interview with Rep. Patrick Kennedy (R-RI) explaining the reasons why he decided not to run for re-election and what he plans to do next.
“If Ted Kennedy was Patrick’s model for his public life, his aunt, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, is the model for what comes next. As a private citizen, she leveraged the family name to found and promote the Special Olympics, now a worldwide organization.”
Said Kennedy: “It’s our family’s biggest legacy. I’m awed by it.”
Buddy TV
Ironically it was former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci — who was mulling a challenge to Rep. Patrick Kennedy — who actually first broke the news on Rhode Island television that Kennedy would retire.
Perry, White Hold Big Leads in Texas
A new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll finds Gov. Rick Perry (R) well ahead of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) and Debra Medina (R), who are locked in a statistical tie for second place in a GOP gubernatorial primary that could go to a runoff.
Perry leads with 45% — still short of the 50% needed to avoid a runoff — followed by Hutchison at 21% and Medina at 19%.
In the Democratic primary race, Bill White (D) has a huge lead over his next closest challenger, Farouk Shami (D), 50% to 11%.